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Points

`Points' draws each atom as a point, and does not draw any of the bonds. This option is useful when rendering very large molecules containing millions of atoms, particularly for rendering water or other structures for which geometric detail may not be necessary. The Size of the points can be changed. When the VMD rendering mode is set to GLSL, the Points representation will render space filling spheres with a size proportional to the Size parameter, and with performance on par with the non-shaded points drawn in other rendering modes.



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