Am Dienstag, 9. September 2003 09:14 schrieb Dirk Kostrewa:
> Dear PyMol users,
>
> I'm currently trying to display individual surfaces around different
> selections of a molecule to show how they contact each other.

The trick is to define the selections as individual objects:

create obj1, (resi 431)
create obj2, (resi 440)
show surface, obj1
show surface, obj2

results in two separate surface objects.

Regards,

Kristian Rother

> However,
> either I get only the last surface displayed or a joined surface using the
> command examples below:
>
> this one gives only the surface of residue 440
>
> show surface, (  resid 431 )
> flag ignore, (  not resid 431  )
> show surface, (  resid 440 )
> flag ignore, (  not resid 440  )
> rebuild
>
> whereas this one gives the joint surface of residues 431 and 440
>
> show surface, ( resid 431 or resid 440 )
> flag ignore, (  not ( resid 431 or resid 440 )  )
> rebuild
>
> How can I display the individual surfaces separately?
>
> Alternatively, is there a command to display atoms in a CPK representation?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dirk.

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