Hi Sean, > I ended up using "light, [1,5,-100]. I know these are X,Y,Z > coordinates, but relative to what origin and in what units? After > wasting way too much time, I concluded that the values might be > Angstroms relative to the "eyes" of the current view. In examples I > found online, the numbers are small, so this doesn't make much sense.
These values are the x,y,z components of the light vector. The units are irrelevant ( [1,1,-1] == [2,2,-2], at least to my eyes judging the output images). I don't believe there's a defined origin, either (it's not a point light source). Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
