On Monday, 27 March, 2017 22:12:22 Paul Emsley wrote:
> On 27/03/17 21:55, Xiao Lei wrote:
> >
> >
> > Because the picture quality from Coot>>Draw>>Screenshot>>Simple is
> > very low, I tried Coot>>Draw>>Screenshot>>Povray or Raster3D to export
> > high quality picture, but I had an error of "render tool missing" and
> > Coot tried automatically find the render tool but failed. I use
> > Wincoot 0.8 version in Win7. I do know if any of you have similar
> > experience.
> >
> >
>
> The render program is part of Ethan Merritt's Raster3D package/suite.
> The build system in coot that attempts to compile it is a bit fragile.
>
> http://skuld.bmsc.washington.edu/raster3d/
That is the source package, yes.
The Raster3D programs are now in the CCP4 bundle also.
If render is not being found, you may have a PATH error.
Is your Coot finding other CCP4 programs?
Ethan
>
> Paul.
>
> p.s. Draw -> Additional Representation -> Ball & Stick makes things a
> bit nicer, as does Extensions -> Representation -> Highlight Interesting
> Site (still not as nice as a proper molecular graphics program though).
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Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center, K-428 Health Sciences Bldg
MS 357742, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742
