dear all, I have obtained a cube file from NWChem with the electrostatic potential around a molecule. I visualized the molecular surface using Actions->Surface->Show and then colored it using the volume data (followed instructions https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/framecontrib.html in tools->surface color (electrostatic surface coloring)) . Since I do not have my data stored in a potential file, can I still do the surface offset? The chimera tool webpage discusses why that is preferred than showing the potential on the solvent excluded surface and it seems to me that option to not be available with volume data. Also, my surface does not look like the electrostatic potential surface shown here: https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/tutorials/maps08/volume-basics.html . The molecular surface we get with Action->Surface->Show seems to be constructed with greater atomic radii than the one shown in that image. I am not sure how important that is though. Is there a way to ask Chimera to visualize the electrostatic potential volume data with the same options Chimera would use if it was reading a Delphi, PBS file? Best wishes, Christos Deligkaris, PhD Assistant Professor of Physics