Pat, I think the absurdly large spacefill radius for carbon was designed to mimic Rasmol (which in the version I have here puts it at about 1.85 A). The idea there, I think, is to account at least somewhat for the missing H atoms in PDB files. I could be wrong about that....
Patrick J. Carroll wrote: >I remember a discussion a couple years ago about the van der Waal's radii used >in Jmol. There was a feeling that the values in Jmol are somewhat >"over-estimated". Is there a way that a user can input his own radii? (other >than using the explcit "spacefill 1.70" every time he wants to draw a van der >Waals carbon atom). Or, alternatively, can the values in JmolConstants.jave be >changed to those in, e.g., A. Bondi, J. Phys. Chem, vol.68, p.441 (1964) - >which, I think, are widely accepted. > > >Pat Carroll >U of Penn >Phila, PA > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >_______________________________________________ >Jmol-users mailing list >Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College Northfield, MN http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
