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° | AtomSize | - | Set size of atoms |
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| | | Command | | Argument | | Datatype | | Default | | Min | | Max | |
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| Format: | | AtomSize | Radius = average atom radius | | INT | | - | | 5 |
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| Python: | | AtomSize(radius) | | ||||||||||
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| Menu: | | View > Atom appearance > Size |
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| Related: | | AtomTexture, AtomSymbol , AtomPlasma, Projection | | ||||||||||
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| Required: | |  | |
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The AtomSize
command changes the size of atoms on screen, i.e. the relation between an Angstrom in the
soup and a pixel on screen.
If the atom size is reduced, atoms will be smaller when they touch the near clipping plane,
hence changing the atom size is equivalent to shifting the near clipping plane in other programs.
The atom size saved with a scene is rounded to 50, 75 or 100,
whichever number is closest.
Example 1:
AtomSize 5
When atoms get close and touch the near clipping plane, they are extremely small,
1 Angstrom corresponds to about a pixel on screen.
Example 2:
AtomSize 100
The opposite, when atoms get close and touch the near clipping plane,
they are relatively large, 1 Angstrom corresponds to lots of pixels on screen.