Hi Nicolas, Cool idea. First the "witihin" operator works on more than just single atoms. So, how about something like this:
# fetch a protein fetch 1oky, async=0 # let's target _all_ atoms within 8 Angs of _all_ of # residue 55, not just one atom select target, all within 8 of i. 55 color red, target cmd.center("i. 55") vPos = cmd.get_position() cmd.pseudoatom("identifier",pos= vPos); show_as spheres, identifier cmd.set("sphere_transparency", 0.5, "identifier") cmd.set("sphere_scale", 8, "identifier") In sum, use pseudoatom for and position it at vPos. Cheers, -- Jason On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Nicolas Bock <nicolasb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to do the following: I have a large protein loaded in pymol. I > would like to select all atoms within a radius around a point. I know about > "select within", however, this command requires the second selection to be > an atom. I would prefer if the center of the sphere is not necessarily > centered on an atom. Is this possible? In addition I would like to draw the > spherical selection region somewhat transparently, so that I can illustrate > what I have selected. Is that possible? > > Thanks already, > > nick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Jason Vertrees, PhD PyMOL Product Manager Schrodinger, LLC (e) jason.vertr...@schrodinger.com (o) +1 (603) 374-7120 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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