<div dir="auto">Hi Heleine<div dir="auto">Thanks for all documentation.</div><div dir="auto">2D labels make even more difficult to appreciate the dept.</div><div dir="auto">An alternative is through jmol/jsmol</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sll the best</div><div dir="auto">Francesco</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 5:37 PM Elaine Meng <<a href="mailto:meng@cgl.ucsf.edu">meng@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Francesco,<br>
The rendering process with Povray does not include the regular 3D labels, only 2D labels. Usually the 3D labels are not so great for figures anyway, although I understand it is more work to add 2D labels.<br>
<<a href="https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/2dlabels/2dlabels.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/2dlabels/2dlabels.html</a>><br>
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Personally, because of the many limitations of the Chimera-to-Povray process<br>
<<a href="https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/raytracing.html#limitations" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/raytracing.html#limitations</a>><br>
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...I avoid using it. I can get a much better appearance just with Chimera rendering. You can turn on shadows in Chimera, for example, with command:<br>
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set shadows<br>
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<<a href="https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/set.html#shadows" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/set.html#shadows</a>><br>
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... and there are other commands (or you can use the Lighting tool) to increase shininess and get other effects. See "image tips"<br>
<<a href="https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/print.html#tips" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/print.html#tips</a>><br>
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I hope this helps,<br>
Elaine<br>
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. <br>
UCSF Chimera(X) team<br>
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry<br>
University of California, San Francisco<br>
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> On Aug 26, 2022, at 2:33 AM, Francesco Pietra via Chimera-users <<a href="mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello<br>
> In my hands, with CHIMERA (v 1.15 Linux64 X11), POV-RAY rendering does not reproduce labels, only an interrogation mark in their place.<br>
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> Thanks for advice<br>
> <br>
> francesco pietra<br>
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