Hi Andreas, dot_solvent=0 is solvent excluded surface, also known as molecular surface or Connolly surface. PyMOL approximates it numerically by sampling points on the surface
See: https://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Get_Area#Settings Cheers, Thomas > On May 19, 2019, at 10:08 PM, Andreas Tosstorff > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am looking for the method by which the get_area command calculates the > molecular surface area when dot_solvent=0. > It is described for SASA in the mailing list but I could not find it for the > default method. > Thanks a lot for your help! > Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > Unsubscribe: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/lists/pymol-users/unsubscribe -- Thomas Holder PyMOL Principal Developer Schrödinger, Inc. _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Unsubscribe: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/lists/pymol-users/unsubscribe
