Li, If you load a protein structure without secondary structure assignments, PyMOL should assign then automatically. If not, then try running the "dss" command on the structure followed by "show cartoon".
Cheers, Warren -- Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Principal Scientist . DeLano Scientific LLC . 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 213 . South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA . Biz:(650)-872-0942 Tech:(650)-872-0834 . Fax:(650)-872-0273 Cell:(650)-346-1154 . mailto:war...@delsci.com > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of > Li Anbang > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:12 AM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] how to show ribbon or cartoon > > Hi, all, > > I am a new user of Pymol, and have a simple question now. > If I open a pdb file which was download from rcsb.org, the > ribbon or cartoon can be show. But when I open a pdb file > which only contains atom coordinate and CONECT, then I can't > show the cartoon or ribbon. > > Maybe this seems to be a stupid question, but I really don't > know how to solve. > > thanks, > Anbang Li > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, > discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > >
