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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2012 - 23:45:18 CDT

On Apr 11, 2012, at 9:37 PM, "Andrew DeYoung" <adeyoung_at_andrew.cmu.edu> 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?

If your GPU supports it, you can turn on GLSL rendering or use the InternalTachyon ray tracer from the Render menu. Also try out a material like BlownGlass or GlassBubble. Those won't obscure as much what is inside the sphere than Transparent.

Cheers,
    Axel

>
> 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
>