Hi Ethan, Thank you for the information. I have ccp4i installed on the same PC, the error from Coot is "Couldn't find render in default path and PATH Shall we search the whole disk?" If I click "Yes", then Coot freezes forever and I need to force close it.
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Ethan A Merritt <merr...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > On Monday, 27 March, 2017 22:12:22 Paul Emsley wrote: > > On 27/03/17 21:55, Xiao Lei wrote: > > > > > > > > > Because the picture quality from Coot>>Draw>>Screenshot>>Simple is > > > very low, I tried Coot>>Draw>>Screenshot>>Povray or Raster3D to export > > > high quality picture, but I had an error of "render tool missing" and > > > Coot tried automatically find the render tool but failed. I use > > > Wincoot 0.8 version in Win7. I do know if any of you have similar > > > experience. > > > > > > > > > > The render program is part of Ethan Merritt's Raster3D package/suite. > > The build system in coot that attempts to compile it is a bit fragile. > > > > http://skuld.bmsc.washington.edu/raster3d/ > > That is the source package, yes. > > The Raster3D programs are now in the CCP4 bundle also. > If render is not being found, you may have a PATH error. > Is your Coot finding other CCP4 programs? > > Ethan > > > > > > Paul. > > > > p.s. Draw -> Additional Representation -> Ball & Stick makes things a > > bit nicer, as does Extensions -> Representation -> Highlight Interesting > > Site (still not as nice as a proper molecular graphics program though). > > -- > Ethan A Merritt > Biomolecular Structure Center, K-428 Health Sciences Bldg > MS 357742, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742 > >
