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Hi Volodymyr,</div>
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You can change the ball diameter with the command:<br>
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setattr #1 model ball_scale {scale}</div>
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... 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:</div>
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setattr #1 bonds radius {radius}</div>
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(default is 0.2). Colors can be set by selecting the atoms to color, then:</div>
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color sel {color spec} <br>
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... 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
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Hope this helps!</div>
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Tristan<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> 21 June 2021 11:02<br>
<b>To:</b> ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [chimerax-users] Ball-and-stick model modification</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="">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></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Volodymyr</span></p>
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