Tsjerk, There is no direct control of the thickness, although adjusting "ray_trace_gain" (0.001 to 2.0) will have some effect. However, the most effectively way to control the thickness is to adjust antialiasing and image size to achieve the desired effect in the final image.
By the way, you are not the only one who likes these modes: Leah Blasiak at MIT used "set ray_trace_mode, 3" to get the cover of the May 22nd issue of Chemical & Engineering News in relation to her work on the SyrB2 iron enzyme. <http://pubs.acs.org/cen/currentissue.html> (see "Recent Issues" image lower right -- Enzymatic Halogenation). Of course, credit where credit is due: David Goodsell <http://www.scripps.edu/mb/goodsell/> was the obvious source of inspiration for this recent addition to PyMOL. 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:[email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Tsjerk Wassenaar > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 5:02 AM > To: pymol > Subject: [PyMOL] Edge thickness in ray_trace_mode 2 and 3 > > > Hi Warren et al. > > I really like the ray_trace_modes 2 and 3. However, I'd like > to fiddle around with the thickness of the edges, but can't > find a setting to do so. Am I overlooking something, or isn't > there any (yet)? > By the way, ray_trace_mode 2 is great for making colouring > pictures to get the little ones acquanted with proteins / DNA etc. ;) > > Cheers, > > Tsjerk > > -- > > Tsjerk A. Wassenaar, M.Sc. > Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute > (GBB) Dept. of Biophysical Chemistry University of Groningen > Nijenborgh 4 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands > +31 50 363 4336 > >
