Thanks a lot! I will try. It would be nice to implement this in the GUI though.

 

Best,

 

Volodymyr

From: Tristan Croll <tic20@cam.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 14:16
To: ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu; Volodymyr Dvornyk <vdvornyk@alfaisal.edu>
Subject: Re: Ball-and-stick model modification

 

Hi Volodymyr,

 

You can change the ball diameter with the command:

setattr #1 model ball_scale {scale}

 

... where scale is a multiplier on the van der Waals radii of the atoms (the default is 0.25). Bond radii can be changed with:

 

setattr #1 bonds radius {radius}

 

(default is 0.2).  Colors can be set by selecting the atoms to color, then:

 

color sel {color spec}

 

... where {color spec} is either a name ("color list" to get the full list of built-in colors), a comma-separated list of 3 (RGB) or 4 (RGBA) numbers on a 0-100 scale, or a built-in specifier like "byhetero" or "bychain". Do "usage color" for a more complete set of options.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Tristan

From: ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users-bounces@cgl.ucsf.edu> on behalf of Volodymyr Dvornyk via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Sent: 21 June 2021 11:02
To: ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Subject: [chimerax-users] Ball-and-stick model modification

 

Hello,

 

I wonder whether it is possible to modify the ball-and-stick model shape, i.e., change color, ball diameter, stick length, etc. Right now, the only available presentation style is like one in the attachment. Maybe there is some way to modify it but I was unable to find.

 

Thank you,

 

Volodymyr

 

 

 

 

 


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