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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2012 - 21:26:58 CDT

Hi,
  Here's an example for you:
draw sphere { 0 0 0 } radius 5.0 resolution 25
draw material Transparent

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:37:20PM -0400, Andrew DeYoung wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to draw a transparent or translucent sphere of a specified
> radius in VMD 1.9? I tried "draw sphere {0 0 0} radius 3" (where the radius
> is specified in angstroms), but the sphere is opaque. The sphere also looks
> rather "blocky"; is there any way to increase its resolution?
>
> I am calculating spatial distribution functions, and I would like to plot a
> sphere to show the radii (around the atom at the origin) that are taken into
> account in my calculation.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Andrew DeYoung
> Carnegie Mellon University 

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