Hi Paul, Interesting observation. This change was not intentional, it's a side effect of a very low level change in the geometry generation. We should be able to optimize this for the next PyMOL release.
Cheers, Thomas On 24 Feb 2017, at 12:02, Paul Paukstelis <shocksofmig...@gmail.com> wrote: > There seem to have been some changes in how the VRML2 output is done > between 1.7.X and 1.8.X, though I can't find it documented in change logs. > > In 1.7.X, vrml2 output would convert sticks to cylinders that was > dependent on color. If a bond were split into two colors, it would > output as two cylinders, but if the bond were one color it would just be > one longer cylinder. There was also the annoying property that no matter > what settings you included, vrml2 would always put extra spheres at the > ends of cylinders to make them smooth (even though they were inside atoms) > > In 1.8.X bond cylinders are always exported as two separate cylinders, > even when everything is colored the same, but the annoying spheres at > the end of bonds are gone (yay!). > > Unfortunately, it turns out that when working with blender scripts it > was much easier to make everything one color so each bond was a single > cylinder. I can use an older version, but I was wondering if there is > perhaps a new setting I haven't seen yet that might let me revert this > behavior. > > Thanks. -- Thomas Holder PyMOL Principal Developer Schrödinger, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ 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
