Standard Macros

color_atom.mac

Set color of selected atoms to "standard" colors (red for O, yellow for S, etc.), e. g. for CPK model.

cpk.mac

Display currently selected parts as CPK. For selected atoms, sets color to standard color, display style to sphere and radius to VdW radius. Makes selected bonds and distances invisible.

ball_stick.mac

Display currently selected parts as ball and stick. For selected atoms, sets color to standard color, display style to sphere and radius to 0.3 times VdW radius. Sets style of selected bonds to half_cylinder.

ca_trace.mac

Display a CA trace for selected resdiues by adding a distance between CA atoms of subsequent residues.

ribbon.mac

Make ribbon drawing of selected residues. Makes selected atoms and bonds invisible.

sausage.mac

Draw spline with variable radius for bundle of structures. Calculates a mean structure, and adds a spline (ribbon) with the average displacement of the CA atoms to the mean structure as the radius.

mean_sc.mac

Draw bonds between heavy atoms of side chains of well defined residues as cones, using the B-factor of atoms as radius, draw other other side chains as sticks. Can e. g. be used for drawing side chains of the mean structure calculated as part of sausage.mac.

schem_dna.mac

Make schematic display of selected DNA/RNA residues. Only sequential residues from one strand should be selected, the macro must be invoked for each strand separately. Draws ribbon through the backbone of the strand, and displays rings as plates in a different color for each base type.

temper.mac

Set color of selected atoms and bonds based on B-factor, using a blue - red - yellow scale for values from 0 to 50.

pdb_charge.mac

Change residue types of potentially charged residues in selected molecules to properly reflect charge.

black_white.mac

Set material properties of all items, background color, and light source position for good looking black and white plot.