[chimerax-users] Show atom style as spheres and stick simultaneously

[Mary Liu]

Thank you, Elaine.
Is it possible to display the surface dot/mesh with VDW size of only
side-chain atoms instead of their solvent excluded surface area?

Mary

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 1:28 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Mary,
> You cannot show atomic spheres as dots or mesh, although you could make
> them transparent.  To show atoms as both spheres and sticks you would have
> to open two copies of the atoms, however.  Example commands:
>
> open 1gcn
> open 1gcn
> hide ribbon
> show atoms
> style #2 sphere
> transparency #2 50 target a
>
> Alternatively, you could show molecular surface at the same time as the
> stick atoms without opening an extra copy.  You can show molecular surface
> as transparent, or dots, or mesh.  Example commands:
>
> open 1gcn
> hide ribbon
> show atoms
> surface style mesh
> surface style dot
> surface style solid
> transparency 50 targ s
>
> For details and command options, use help command, e.g. "help style",
> "help surface" or "help transparency"
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
>
> > On Feb 9, 2022, at 4:51 AM, Mary Liu via ChimeraX-users <
> chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Chimera X users,
> >
> > Is it possible to show atom style as spheres and stick simultaneously
> with spheres displayed as dots or mesh so the stick is still visible within
> sphere dots?
> >
> > Thank you
> > Mary
>
>
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