Re: [PyMOL] problem: choking on big files

2006-07-28 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Hi Philippe, Pymol isn't very good at handling many spheres. However, Povray is extremely efficient with raytracing scenes consisting of spheres and if you know the perspective you want to have the image from, you can convert your atom set to spheres (with desired radii) and apply the view from

Re: [PyMOL] problem: choking on big files

2006-07-28 Thread DeLano Scientific
...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Tsjerk Wassenaar Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:14 AM To: philippe.garteise...@ou.edu Cc: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PyMOL] problem: choking on big files Hi Philippe, Pymol isn't very good at handling many spheres. However

[PyMOL] problem: choking on big files

2006-07-27 Thread Philippe . Garteiser-1
Hi again, list. I need help on how to render an unconventional (non-protein) pdb file with a big number of atoms in it. Even with no display (console mode), pymol still crashes due to insufficient memory. A different hardware is out of the question and a smaller file would defeat my purpose,