id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc blockedby blocking notify_on_close platform project 8068 Make selection, coloring, mesh and dot styles work on BILD models Tom Goddard Greg Couch "None of the standard operations work on BILD models. I made a single sphere "".sphere 1 2 3 4"" and it cannot be selected with the mouse, when selected with ""select #1"" it does not show a green outline, nor does Model Panel show it is selected, coloring it does nothing, changing the surface style to mesh or dot does nothing. Francois Berenger wanted to show a BILD sphere using dot display style. {{{ On Nov 21, 2022, at 9:23 PM, Francois Berenger wrote: Dear Elaine, ... It would be nice if a dot-surfaced sphere is added to the BILD file format. It would allow to draw spheres with some kind of fake transparency (i.e. being able to see a sphere inside of another; because they have different radii and surfacing points). https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/bild.html Currently we have: .sphere x y z r Draw a sphere centered at (x, y, z) with radius r. So, let's say we add .dsphere x y z r num_points Draw a sphere centered at (x, y, z) with radius r and num_points surfacing points. Here is the almost regular sphere discretizing function that I like: ""Distributing many points on a sphere"" Saff, E.B. & Kuijlaars, A.B.J. (1997). The Mathematical Intelligencer, 19, 5-11, http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~esaff/texts/161.pdf Regards, Francois. }}}" defect assigned moderate Surface Elaine Meng all ChimeraX