at 7.35p EDT on 2004 February 25 Wednesday Miguel Howard said: > >> >> > Q: In Chime, can you only show one model, or can you show several > >> > > >> > select (model=1,model=2,model=3) > >> > wireframe 0.3 > >> > >> :-) To my way of thinking, this is showing all of the models ... but > >> some of them just happen to be turned off. > >> > > different perspectives, eh? :-) > > > > so from your perspective, I would say Chime can only 'show' all models, > > though it can 'display' various combinations of models. > > Huh? You said "Chime can only 'show' all models" ... > > But can't I also say > > show model 1 > > As an alternate mechanism of restricting the rendering to a single model? > sorry - this does not work in Chime.
show model simply messages a list of the model numbers in the file. it does not affect display or selection at all. (adding a number does not affect this.) > There are two different mechanisms for displaying the first model of a > multi-model file: > > load someMultiModel.pdb > show model all; restrict model=1; wireframe .3 > > OR > load someMultiModel.pdb > select *; wireframe .3; show model 1 > > > Please confirm whether or not this is true. > no, just mech 1 works. when a multi-model file is loaded, Chime displays all models in wireframe cpk color by default. 'show model' does not change this; the only way to affect the display of a model on screen is via restrict, or select combined with a rendering command (like wireframe). RasMol 2.7 may work differently... > (I apologize if I am being thick on this, but the distinction between the > two is important to me for implementation of animations) > no apologies necessary - the terminology is confusing! I hope I helped more than hindered. regards, :tim -- timothy driscoll molvisions - molecular graphics & visualization <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
