Re: [PyMOL] double bonds

[Michael G. L. <ml...@um...>]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, John Duperon wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> hopefully this is a question which is not answered in some FAQ that I
> missed...is it possible to have PyMol show double bonds in a simple
> manner not unlike what would be found in a high school text book?  Just
> a black and white stick diagram?  Or perhaps the same, but using the
> dotted notation?

you can try going into lines mode and turning on the valence display:

hide
show lines
set valence, 0.1

a higher value for valence spreads things out more.
i don't know of a way to get the dotted notation.

cheers,

-michael

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