Hi Robert, this looks like a bug, none of the closed CGOs is rendered on the inside, even with two_sided_lighting=on.
I filed a bug report: https://sourceforge.net/p/pymol/bugs/134/ Cheers, Thomas Bryn Fenwick wrote, On 08/20/13 00:42: > > Hi All, > > I am trying to ray trace an empty cone. I can find no way to get an image of > the inside of the cone. Does anyone have a work around. Example attached. > > run test.py > cone > ray > > when the ray command is issued the cone disappears from view. > > robert > > > # > # test.py > # > > > from pymol import cmd > from pymol.cgo import * > > > def cone(name='cone'): > > o = [] > > o.extend( [ CONE, > 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, # XYZ 1 > 0.0, 0.0, 1.5, # XYZ 2 > 0.0, # Radius 1 > 0.3, # Radius 2 > 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, # RGB Color 1 > 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, # RGB Color 2 > 0.0, 0.0, # Caps 1 & 2 > ] ) > > > cmd.load_cgo(o, name) > > cmd.extend('cone', cone) -- Thomas Holder PyMOL Developer Schrödinger Contractor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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