Re: [PyMOL] pymol crash when ray

[H. A. S. <h.a...@gm...>]

one more thing…

Delete all objects that you are not using for this particular rendering (save it as a separate file). I have found this speeds up rendering times.


> On Apr 14, 2015, at 7:49 PM, H. Adam Steinberg <h.a...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> For an instantaneous rendering of any PyMOL scene that won't crash your machine use the DRAW command instead of the RAY command. You will loose features like shadows and depth cue.
> 
> When I have to render huge PyMOL scenes like you describe below, I create them in a way that I can RAY them in sections (for example, ray the back section, then the front) and then reassemble those sections in Photoshop.
> 
> You can also change how PyMOL uses memory from the Settings menu. Choose Settings/Rendering/Memory and then choose use most, but I seem to remember there is some limitation that actually makes PyMOL render without crashing when you choose use less.
> 
>> On Apr 14, 2015, at 3:12 PM, ma...@ms... <mailto:ma...@ms...> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi pymol users,
>> 
>> I am just using pymol to open one super big molecular model (20 megadaltons). My pymol1.7 is on linux system and the computer has 32 CPU with 62GB memory storage.
>> When I try to use command ray to make a high quality image, the pymol crash with error message like this: Pymol ran out of memory storage and you need to decease the quality of the image. 
>> 
>> I have tried to set the hash_max 10, 30 or 60 and it won’t work. Also I use protein backbone to present the whole structure.
>> I will appreciate any suggestions.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Wenfu
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