Hi Michael, thanks!
nick On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 23:55 -0500, Michael Zimmermann wrote: > Dear Nicolas, > > As for the semi-transparent sphere, there are a number of ways to do > that. One option: You could create a new object named new_obj with an > atom at the center point and use "alter new_obj, vdw=radius" to make > the sphere. Then use "set sphere_transparency, 0.5, new_obj" > > Alternatively, you could make a cgo object: > http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Ellipsoid > > Now, on to your first question: If you use the first approach I > mention for making your sphere, then this problem is also solved > because now you have an atom to select around. > > Cheers, > > Mike Z > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Nicolas Bock <nicolasb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I would like to do the following: I have a large protein > loaded in pymol. I would like to select all atoms within a > radius around a point. I know about "select within", however, > this command requires the second selection to be an atom. I > would prefer if the center of the sphere is not necessarily > centered on an atom. Is this possible? In addition I would > like to draw the spherical selection region somewhat > transparently, so that I can illustrate what I have selected. > Is that possible? > > Thanks already, > > nick > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Info Page: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > -- > Michael Zimmermann > Ph.D. student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology > Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology > Iowa State University
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