Hi John, There's a limit to what PyMOL can do by itself, but it sounds like composition might be the easiest approach. First, render the image without the dashed line:
ray save background.png Then, disable everything but the dashed line and then render it alone with opaque_background disabled: unset opaque_background ray save foreground.png Then combine the two images externally using something like GIMP, Photoshop, or even PowerPoint. cheers, Warren > -----Original Message----- > From: John Pak [mailto:john....@utoronto.ca] > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 4:32 PM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] Getting a dashed line through a transparent surface > > Hi everyone. First time poster, and I just want to say that Pymol's a > great program! :) > > I'm trying to get a dashed line (made via the Distance Wizard) from an > atom outside of a rendered transparent surface (20% transparency) to > an atom inside a rendered transparent surface, without a change in > colour. Right now, only the part of the dashed line that is outside > the surface is the colour I set it to, whereas the part of the dashed > line that is inside the surface is the colour of the surface. > > This is for a figure for a paper, where I'm using the dashed line to > indicate a a hydrogen bond. Somehow, I want the dashed line to behave > as if there is no transparent surface to pass through. > > Thanks for the time. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > >
