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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks a lot! I will try. It would be nice to implement this in the GUI though.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Volodymyr<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tristan Croll <tic20@cam.ac.uk> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 21, 2021 14:16<br>
<b>To:</b> ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu; Volodymyr Dvornyk <vdvornyk@alfaisal.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Ball-and-stick model modification<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hi Volodymyr,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You can change the ball diameter with the command:<br>
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setattr #1 model ball_scale {scale}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">... 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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">setattr #1 bonds radius {radius}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(default is 0.2). Colors can be set by selecting the atoms to color, then:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">color sel {color spec}
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">... 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hope this helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Tristan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> ChimeraX-users <<a href="mailto:chimerax-users-bounces@cgl.ucsf.edu">chimerax-users-bounces@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>> on behalf of Volodymyr Dvornyk via ChimeraX-users <<a href="mailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu">chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 21 June 2021 11:02<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu">ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu">ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [chimerax-users] Ball-and-stick model modification</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hello,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Volodymyr</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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