Tom,

PyMOL provides a discrete brute-force approximation to the molecular surface
as defined by the atomic van der Waals radii and the surface of all possible
1.4 A spherical waters in contact with the molecule.

Cheers,
Warren

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> Of Tom Tullius
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:21 AM
> To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [PyMOL] algorithm for surface calculation?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Anyone know which algorithm PyMOL uses to calculate the "surface"  
> representation of a molecule?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom Tullius
> 
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