2012/6/5 Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu>

Hi JD,
You can use the menu: Actions... Surface... transparency...[%value]

or the "surftransparency" command, where the intersurf surface can be specified by model number (#N) or by selecting it with Ctrl-click and using the word "sel":

<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/surftransparency.html>
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/atom_spec.html#othermodels>

Also, in Chimera version 1.7 (fairly recent daily build), there is a "transparency" command that can be used on not just surfaces but other items (atoms, ribbons, etc.):

<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/transparency.html>

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

On Jun 5, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Jean-Didier Maréchal wrote:

> Hi guys,
> is there a way to change the transparency of intersurf objects? I'd like to have the surface not hiden all the object in behing one given view.
> thanks a lot,
> cheers
> jd