Color Zone colors surface patches near selected atoms, using the colors of those atoms. Color Zone acts on:
There are several ways to start Color Zone, a tool in the Volume Data category. The Surface of interest should be chosen from the list of available surface models. Surfaces from Volume Viewer will be named according to the volume data set. Surfaces from Multiscale Models will be named for the PDB file from which the surfaces were generated.
Clicking Color colors vertices in the chosen surface that are within the specified distance (Coloring radius) of any of the currently selected atoms. When multiple selected atoms are within the cutoff distance, a vertex will be colored to match the closest one. Vertices not within the cutoff of any selected atom are assigned the default surface color (single-color mode). Each surface triangle is colored by linearly interpolating its vertex colors. Colors are defined by red, green, blue and opacity/transparency components.
The Coloring radius can be adjusted by moving the slider or typing in a new value and pressing return (Enter). If the set of selected atoms or their coloring is changed, Color must be clicked again to update the surface coloring. Clicking Color will not update the surface colors when no atoms are selected.
Clicking Uncolor returns the surface to its default color (single-color mode).
Close dismisses the dialog, and Help opens this manual page in a browser window.
Only one radius used. There is no way to use different radii for different atoms.
Bonds are ignored. Only distances to atoms in the selection matter.
Does not work with molecular surfaces. The Color Zone tool does not work with molecular surfaces (those generated with the Surface section of the Actions menu or the command surface).