not a bug, but also not intuitive and probably not well described in the documentation.
LcaoCartoons are different from other isosurfaces in that they have multiple component parts at a given atom and generally one wants to set the color and translucency up front, before any are drawn, and then draw them. So the way it works is generally: lcaocartoon translucent 0.6 lcaocartoon color red blue select atomno=3 lcaocartoon "pz" select atomno=5 lcaocartoon "sp3a" etc. Or, you can put these together: lcaocartoon (carbon) translucent 0.5 create "pz" That is, you set everything up first, then do the "create" in this case. Bob Frieda Reichsman wrote: > > On Jun 20, 2007, at 6:14 PM, Frieda Reichsman wrote: > >> I cannot seem to get translucency to work with lcaoCartoons. It does >> not seem to work on the example page either, >> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/examples-11/lcao.htm >> using the linked commands (where there appears to be a problem with >> an object name in the command). >> When I try simply >> >> color lcaoCartoon white translucent >> >> --no effect. >> >> Frieda >> >> >> >> /////////////////////////////////////////// >> >> Frieda Reichsman >> Molecules in Motion >> Interactive Molecular Structures >> http://www.moleculesinmotion.com >> >> /////////////////////////////////////////// >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/_______________________________________________ >> Jmol-users mailing list >> Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Jmol-users mailing list >Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College Northfield, MN http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
