From: DeLano, W. <wa...@su...> - 2002-11-25 22:28:07
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Kelley, Unfortunately PyMOL doesn't have object-specific Z-clip. (That is a = cool idea though, perhaps in the future...) The closest thing to this you can accomplish is to selectively show or = hide the surface on certain atoms in order to create a view which shows = the full ligand and only part of the surface. This would be a lot of = work though, so I can't recommend it. Sorry, Warren > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelley Moremen [mailto:mo...@ar...] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 2:03 PM > To: pym...@li... > Subject: [PyMOL] Re: PyMOL-users digest, Vol 1 #218 - 1 msg >=20 >=20 > Hi Carsten, >=20 > I appreciate your reply and I would assume that it makes impressive > graphics, but it sounds WAY beyond my meager abilities (I am=20 > struggling with > the Mac OS X version of Pymol after all and haven't ventured=20 > into the realm > of raster3D yet). I assume that since there has been a=20 > resounding lack of > response within the Pymol masses that it either can't be done=20 > or hasn't been > done. Just in case somebody missed the prior posting I would=20 > like to be able > to perform a selective Z-clipping in order to cross-section=20 > an active site > pocket with a bound ligand. The challenge comes in trying to=20 > Z-clip the > protein structure (shown as a "surface" display) while=20 > retaining the entire > ligand (no Z-clip on the ligand). Prior attempts have either Z-clipped > everything (create protein as an object, create ligand as an=20 > object, then > Z-clip) or Z-clipped nothing (create protein as an object, execute the > Z-clip, then create ligand as an object and display it). Somehow the > creation of the ligand as an object and displaying it=20 > over-rides the prior > Z-clip and both objects are displayed in their entirety. >=20 > Any suggestion within the Pymol world? >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Kelley >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 11/25/02 3:06 PM, "pym...@li..." > <pym...@li...> wrote: > > --__--__-- > >=20 > > Message: 1 > > From: "Schubert, Carsten" <Car...@3d...> > > To: "'Kelley Moremen'" <mo...@ar...>, > > pym...@li... > > Subject: RE: [PyMOL] Selective Z-clipping > > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:07:13 -0500 > >=20 > > Hi Kelley, > >=20 > > I just worked out a procedure to do this with VMD/Raster3D=20 > (oops, this is > > the PyMol list ...). Anyhow, it boils down to that you can=20 > apply selective > > bounding or clipping planes in Raster3D. In the case of a=20 > clipped surface > > you want to use a bounding plane, which slices through an object and > > produces a sealed cut (bounding plane) or really play with=20 > the lights to get > > rid of all the interior surfaces exposed by a non-sealing cut with a > > clipping plane. I played around a little bit with Povray to=20 > achieve the same > > effect. I figured out to use an intersection with CGOs but=20 > somehow I could > > not get it to work with a surface definition. May be=20 > somebody else knows how > > to do this. I'd be interested in it to. > >=20 > > Here is what I did. Split your scene into their components=20 > and write out the > > raster3d input files. Remove all headers from the r3d files=20 > and save one > > header into a control script (master.r3d) If you use vmd=20 > (oops again...) you > > have to get rid of the object 17 in the surface definition,=20 > otherwise you > > will not be able change colors, transparency etc. Use=20 > remove_17.pl for this. > > The animate_bounding.pl script allows you to move the=20 > bounding plane in a > > given range to find the right orientation. The only way to=20 > do this is by > > trial and error. A good starting point is a plane defined=20 > by the normal > > vector 0,0,1 (x,y plane at origin of scene). > >=20 > > good luck. > >=20 > >=20 > > Carsten >=20 >=20 > Dr. Kelley Moremen=20 > Associate Professor > Complex Carbohydrate Research Center > Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology > University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7229 > Office (706) 542-1705 Fax: (706) 542-1759 > Email: mo...@ar... > (send email with large attachments to: mo...@bm...) > Website: http://bmbiris.bmb.uga.edu/moremen/lab/ >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T=20 > handheld. Power & Color in a compact size!=20 > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyM...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users >=20 |