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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ZH-TW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='text-justify-trim:punctuation'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Sorry, I have just found the description for </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>sides</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> <i>N<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>sides</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> <i>N</i><br>The number of straight-line segments used to draw an </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/cartoon.html#xsection"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>oval</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> cross-section</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> or the circumference of a </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/cartoon.html#hmode"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>tube</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>, with higher numbers corresponding to finer subdivisions (initial default <b>12</b>). Shading is used to give a smooth, rounded appearance despite this approximation of the shape. See also: </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/graphics.html#quality"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>graphics quality</span></b></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/cartoon.html#hmode">https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/cartoon.html#hmode</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Best wishes,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><br><br>Winston<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'> Wen-Jin Winston Wu [mailto:winston@gate.sinica.edu.tw] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 2, 2021 2:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> how to change the radius of loop<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Does anyone know how to modify the radius of loops?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I am trying to show structural difference between the three aligned proteins with the cartoon helices shown as tubes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>However, when I reduced the helix radius from 2 to 1 (<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>“cartoon style modeh tube rad 1 sides 24”), the radius of a helix is only about twice that of a loop/coil.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Also, what does the number “24” do in the “sides 24”?. I could not find the description on this on ChimeraX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Any help will be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Best wishes,<br><br>Winston<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>