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MSMS
Another molecular surface renderer is MSMS, a program written by
Michael Sanner of Olsen's lab at Scripps. This program is much faster
than Surf, and can be a better choice depending on how it is used.
See the web page
http://www.scripps.edu/pub/olson-web/people/sanner/html/msms_home.html
for more details. Available options include
- All Atoms - should the surface be of the selection (0) or of the
contribution of this selection to the surface of all the atoms? (1)
- Density - triangle density on the surface (typical values are 1.0
for molecules with more than one thousand atoms and 3.0 for smaller molecules)
- Probe - Probe radius used to construct the molecular surface
- Wireframe - The surface can optionally be drawn using lines rather than
solid triangles
There is an environment variable which can affect the MSMS display option:
- MSMSSERVER - location of the SURF binary (defaults to
msms which is assumed to be in the user's path)
vmd@ks.uiuc.edu