def from_structure(structure):
    """Return contact data from a 3D structure (in pdb format).
    """

    try:
        from Bio import PDB
        if isinstance(structure, str):
            p = PDB.PDBParser()
            structure = p.get_structure('S', structure)
        if isinstance(structure, PDB.Structure.Structure):
            for _ in structure.get_chains():
                atoms = [np.array(atom.get_coord())
                         for atom in structure.get_atoms()]
    except ImportError:
        print("Biopython not found.")
        raise

    atoms = np.array(structure)
    try:
        import scipy
        D = scipy.spatial.distance.pdist(atoms, 'euclidean')
        D = scipy.spatial.distance.squareform(D)
    except ImportError:
        print("Scipy not found.")
        raise
    m = np.max(1 / D[D != 0])
    M = np.zeros(D.shape)
    M[D != 0] = 1 / D[D != 0]
    M[D == 0] = m
    return M