Craig, In the OpenGL viewer, dashes are always drawn using line primitives, so dash_radius has no effect until you issue the "ray" command.
Note that dash_width is generally preferable to dash_radius since it controls both the OpenGL and ray-traced renditions (so long as dash_radius is zero). Cheers, Warren > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Smith [mailto:boiler...@mac.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:59 PM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: csmi...@lindenwood.edu > Subject: [PyMOL] dash_radius > > Hello, > > I trying to make thicker and longer dashes for indicating distances > for a figure I'm making. I can make the the dashes longer with > dash_length. But, the dashes look very flat. I tried making the > dashes look rounder using dash_radius. When I change the value I > don't see a change in the dashes or anything else. So, what does > dash_radius do? How do I make the dashes look rounder/ > > Craig > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---- > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register > now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net