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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2008 - 11:21:09 CST

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Alexander Metz wrote:

AM> Hi Axel,
AM>

AM> thank you for your fast reply. Actually I din´t mean that surface
AM> around the protein party but the surface of each single water
AM> molecule. I looks somehow matt and rubber-like and I was trying to
AM> get this effect with the settings in the .dat file or from VMD. I
AM> was wondering wether there wa a texture mapping applied to these
AM> water molecules.

no texture, but a special rendering option. in fact, this is what
the ambient occlusion tutorial is all about. if you follow the tutorial
to step 10 and beyond you will get this surface behavior automatically.
there also is a link to download the example inputs.

cheer,
  axel.

AM>
AM> Cheers,
AM>
AM> Alexander
AM>
AM>
AM> --- Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu> schrieb am Mo, 25.2.2008:
AM>
AM> > Von: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu>
AM> > Betreff: Re: vmd-l: How to get rubber-like surface with Tachyon renderer
AM> > An: "Alexander Metz" <alexander_metz2000_at_yahoo.de>
AM> > CC: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
AM> > Datum: Montag, 25. Februar 2008, 17:13
AM> > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Alexander Metz wrote:
AM> >
AM> > AM> Hi to the VMD people,
AM> >
AM> > hi alexander,
AM> >
AM> > AM> I have been playing a little with the Tachyon
AM> > renderer and was
AM> > AM> wondering how to create a rubber-like surface as can
AM> > be seen for the
AM> > AM> water molecules in this example
AM> >
AM> > this is done by using a Surf or MSMS representation for
AM> > that
AM> > part of the molecule (in addition to the ambient
AM> > occlusion).
AM> >
AM> > cheers,
AM> > axel.
AM> >
AM> > AM>
AM> > www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/minitutorials/tachyonao/mscs.jpg
AM> > . Can
AM> > AM> this be achieved by altering the
AM> > Ambient/Diffuse/Specular/Opacity
AM> > AM> settings in the .dat file or is this done by texture
AM> > mapping from an
AM> > AM> additional .ppm file.
AM> >
AM> > AM>
AM> > AM> Thanks in advance,
AM> > AM>
AM> > AM> Alexander Metz
AM> > AM>
AM> > AM>
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AM> >
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