From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue May 08 2007 - 16:34:02 CDT

Hi,
  You can use the VMD "graphics" or "draw" commands to add
any geometry you want to a scene. You could easily draw a box
or a background plane that represents the membrane if you like.
See the User's Guide for more info on the drawing commands etc.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 04:10:03PM -0400, dimka wrote:
> would anybody know how to draw an "implicit membrane" (i guess a
> gradient of some sort) in VMD?
>
> I suppose something like this:
> http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v7/n12/images/nrm2063-f5.jpg
>
> I know in this particular case the membrane was added after rendering.
> Was just wondering if it is possible to do same with VMD.
>
> thanks,
> dima

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