> On Monday 18 April 2005 19:37, Miguel wrote: >> > The polygon is a line through all vertices? >> >> In the pmesh format they polygons are triangles or quadrilaterals. > > Ok, so I have to take three/four ints at a time in the pmesh file?
Correct. >> I do not understand how there could be one line that passes through all >> vertices. > > Ok, makes sense. > >> > And thus defines the triangles that Jmol should draw? >> >> I do not know > > Ummm... say these polygons in the pmesh are triangles, then Jmol draws > triangles correct? Correct >> > Q1: What are the options to draw a surface with just vertices defined? >> >> There is no support for that today. > > Ok. If I understand correctly, the missing step is defining the triangles > based on those vertices? Correct? Say we had this implemented we could > also > draw the molecular surfaces, correct? Yes >> > Q2: Say we want to color this surface, and that each vertices has a >> value >> > associated, would it be possible to color the surface according to >> these >> > given values (on a scale, like done with partial charges...)? >> >> This is not possible today. But it would not be difficult to add this >> functionality. > > Good. E.g. think of coloring the molecular surface by partial atomic > charges, > like the dots of those surfaces are colored now... OK, I will think about that. It is probably the case that today an entire pmesh surface is colored the same. Q: Do you want to assign a unique color to each point on the surface or to each face of the surface? Q: How would one want to specify the mapping between colors and points/faces? Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list Jmol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
