Re: [PyMOL] problem: choking on big files

2006-07-28 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Hi Philippe, Pymol isn't very good at handling many spheres. However, Povray is extremely efficient with raytracing scenes consisting of spheres and if you know the perspective you want to have the image from, you can convert your atom set to spheres (with desired radii) and apply the view from P

Re: [PyMOL] Putty

2006-07-28 Thread Michelle Gill
Hi Elo, Unless I've misunderstood you, all you have to do is find the maximum value (perhaps 2.33, based on your email) and divide all the numbers (in all PDB files) by this number. You can write a simple Perl/Python program to do this or, if you're careful to get everything imported and exp

[PyMOL] APBS

2006-07-28 Thread Vaheh Oganesyan
Hi PyMol-ers, APBS plugin question: Would someone plase let me know what kind of map am I missing here: *ObjectMapLoadDXFile-Error: Unable to open file! *What I've done: Followed Michael Lerner's procedure. 1. Load your molecule into PyMOL 2. Load the plugin 3. Click on "Set grid" 4. Cli

Re: [PyMOL] problem: choking on big files

2006-07-28 Thread DeLano Scientific
> Pymol isn't very good at handling many spheres. Slanderous! ...but true with default settings. However: ./pymol -O 1 monster_large_file.pdb Will enable PyMOL to display, manipulate, and render at least a million spheres per GB of RAM. Also try -O values up through 5 for alternate approach

[PyMOL] Installion Issues on DELL (solved)

2006-07-28 Thread DeLano Scientific
Folks, In case there is anyone out there still stuggling to get PyMOL installed on their new DELL system, below is the latest word on how to work around the problem (graciously passed along by one of our users): Cheers, Warren "I found the solution, apparently the installer gets screwed up by s