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From: Robert Johnson (robertjo_at_physics.upenn.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 28 2013 - 16:29:40 CST

I see. So this can't be rendered with Tachyon?

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:06 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> As Chris pointed out already, this was done using the user-defined
> clipping planes feature of VMD, with a solid clipping plane, and rendered
> with POV-Ray. Control over coloring of the solid clipplane is done via
> the text commands (see "mol clipplane color" commands).
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 06:58:11PM +0000, Mayne, Christopher G wrote:
> > It looks like:
> > Extensions -> Visualization -> Clipping Plane Tool
> > Chris
> > On Feb 26, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Robert Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> > I was wondering how the purple image of the alpha-hemolysin channel
> was
> > made here: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/hemolysin/
> > In particular, how was the cross-section made flat? Is this feature
> > implemented in VMD or was this done after the image was rendered?
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
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Bob Johnson, PhD
Lab Coordinator & Lecturer
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Pennsylvania
209 S. 33rd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: David Rittenhouse Laboratory 2C11
Phone: 215-898-5111
http://www.physics.upenn.edu/~robertjo