jr sent (2004.05.03 at 4.34p [+0200gmt]) : >timothy driscoll wrote: > >>Miguel sent (2004.05.03 at 2.44p [+0200gmt]) : >> >>>Tim wrote, >>> >>>>IIRC, neither Rasmol nor Chime draw cartoons for structures that >>>>have only alpha-carbons. this includes trace, ribbons, strands, >>>>and cartoon. > >but both RasMol and Chime draw backbone with *.CA protein structures >and I think there is no reason why protein renderings which are only >based on *.CA should not be drawn by Jmol e.g. trace. > AFAIK backbone is not a spline, whereas all of the cartoon-based structures are, and that is the difference. but I don't know why RasMol and Chime refuse to draw them for *.CA-only files - I just know they don't. :-) so I defer to someone with more knowledge of RasMol and Chime code for the why of it.
I certainly agree that Jmol could draw cartoon and trace for *.CA-only files - unless there is a technical issue. regards, tim -- Timothy Driscoll molvisions - see, grasp, learn. <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id149&alloc_id�66&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
