Jiamu, That is a question for pymol-users, not ccp4bb:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=4546 Cheers, Warren PS. here's one answer: # create the objects load $TUT/1hpv.pdb create side1, chain A create side2, chain B dele 1hpv # splay apart the interface show surface, side1 within 5 of side2 show surface, side2 within 5 of side1 orient side1 side2 translate [-30, 0, 0], side1 translate [30, 0, 0], side2 rotate y, -60, side1, origin=side1 rotate y, 60, side2, origin=side2 zoom -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Jiamu Du Sent: Fri 8/7/2009 7:09 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] how to generate the figure of buried surface area Dear all, I am analyzing a complex structure and generate figure using the program Pymol. Here I want to generate a figure to show the buried surface area. How to generate this type figrues? Thanks and best wishes. -- Jiamu Du, Ph.D. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences 320 Yue-Yang Road Shanghai 200031 P. R. China Tel: +86-21-5492-1117 E-mail: jiam...@gmail.com