Re: [PyMOL] Dashed/Dotted Lines for Ribbon Representation

[Yang Su <su...@cr...>]

I see. It would be nice to have the cartoon_flat_sheets effect on the loop
and tube variants, too. I like the looks of it. Maybe in a future version
:-)

Thanks,
Yang

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Thomas Holder <
tho...@sc...> wrote:

> Hi Yang,
>
> That's an interesting observation, I wasn't aware that cartoon dash and
> loop may be traced differently. Apparently the "cartoon_flat_sheets"
> setting only applies to dash, not loop. Turning it off will make them
> follow the same path:
>
> set cartoon_flat_sheets, 0
>
> Cheers,
>   Thomas
>
> > On Apr 19, 2018, at 4:15 PM, Yang Su <su...@cr...> wrote:
> >
> > Also, 'cartoon dash' and 'cartoon loop' render beta-strands differently,
> so I can't combine the two and get a consistent look and feel. The use case
> is to show regions of the structure as dashed line to indicate 'not covered
> in study'. I can't use different colors for this purpose because color
> coding is already used to represent other properties.
> >
> > Best,
> > Yang
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 3:56 PM, Yang Su <su...@cr...> wrote:
> > Thanks for the tip, Thomas. 'cartoon dash' works with cartoon
> representation, but doesn't seem to affect the ribbon representation. For
> some use cases I like the 'cornered' ribbon representation better than the
> smooth cartoon representation, but cartoon is still a good alternative if
> it is not possible to show ribbon as dashed/dotted lines.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yang
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 1:54 PM, Thomas Holder <
> tho...@sc...> wrote:
> > Hi Yang,
> >
> > Yes, since PyMOL 1.8.2 there is "cartoon dash". e.g.:
> >
> > fetch 1ubq, async=0
> > as cartoon
> > cartoon dash
> >
> > See also:
> > https://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Cartoon#USAGE
> >
> > Cheers,
> >   Thomas
> >
> > > On Apr 19, 2018, at 12:54 PM, Yang Su <su...@cr...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there an option to show the ribbon as dashed or dotted lines in
> pymol?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Yang
>
> --
> Thomas Holder
> PyMOL Principal Developer
> Schrödinger, Inc.
>
>