Hi Toni, I think the variable you want to set is "cartoon_transparency" not "transparency". The way I figured this out was through the menu->settings->Edit All... dialog box.
Matt > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:10:58 +0100 > From: " Toni Piz? " <[email protected]> > Subject: [PyMOL] Transparency in cartoons > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello! > > I'm trying to show some aminoacids transparent in a cartoon view. I > use the command cmd.set("transparency", "0.8" ,"(resi " + values[0] + > ":" + values[1] + ")"). > > When i see the cartoon view, happens nothing, but if I use "show > surface" the transparency is shown. Do you know how to do it in the > cartoon view? > > Thanks! > > Toni > > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > >
