Dirk,
The trick for displaying "contact" surfaces in PyMOL is to
create separate objects for each surface:
create res431, resi 431
create res440, resi 440
show surface, res431 or res440
For CPK, you don't need to do this
show spheres, resi 431+440
Cheers,
Warren
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dirk Kostrewa
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 11:15 PM
> To: PyMOLBB
> Subject: [PyMOL] individual surfaces?
>
> Dear PyMol users,
>
> I'm currently trying to display individual surfaces around different
> selections of a molecule to show how they contact each other. 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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