[Chimera-users] how to change the color and thickness of the unit cell outline

[Thomas Goddard]

Hi Sabuj,

  There is no Chimera user inteface to set the unit cell outline box
color or line thickness.  You could edit the Python code

	chimera/share/UnitCell/__init__.py

to get different color and thickness.  Use any text editor and change
line 186 from

    color = (1,1,1)                     # white

to

    color = (.5,.2,.8)                  # outline color, (red,green,blue)

To change the line thickness add after line 399

    group.set_display_style(group.Mesh)
    group.set_use_lighting(0)
    group.set_triangle_and_edge_mask(hide_diagonals)

the additional line

    group.line_thickness = 3		# In screen pixels.

I've added to our requested feature list and item to creat a user interface
in the "Unit Cell" dialog to make these settings.

	Tom