Hi Jean-Francois, The "objdisplay" command works for non-molecule-type models (VRML, volume, and isosurface models). The "modeldisplay" command works for molecule models and MSMS molecular surfaces. However, if you want to control a MSMS surface separately from its corresponding molecule model (atomic coordinates), it is necessary to use the Model Panel (because those two models will have the same model number and "modeldisplay" uses the model number). I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng@cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html On Apr 16, 2007, at 4:29 PM, jean-francois menetret wrote:

Is it possible to switch a model on/off from the command line ? "objdisplay #model / ~objdisplay #model" sound promissing but it doesn't work ...

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