Kelvin, Those are clipping planes -- try using the scroll wheel on your mouse to increase the slab depth.
Cheers, DeLano Scientific LLC Email Support Services > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf > Of Kelvin Luther > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:12 AM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] dissappearing model > > Hello all, > > I was hoping someone could tell me what I am doing wrong. I > have on many occasions produced nice pictures of my models > using pymol, some for publication. However, I occasionally > run into the problem where I load pdbs or run a .pml file, > and the picture on the screen looks like pieces > are missing. As I rotate or translate the model pieces come > into and > then out of scene. Needless to say, I don't want this to > happen, I cannot have pieces of my model dissappearing, and > it is making it extremely hard for me to work with a ligand I > am currently trying to position. Is there something that I > have set incorrectly as far as the display? This is > particularly bothersome when I have a surface representation > as there are pieces of the surface that dissappear, and it > looks like there is a hole right through the protein at that > point. Rotate some more, it fills in that spot and another > hole appears elsewhere. Thanks for your time. > > Kelvin Luther > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make > your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server > v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057& dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users >