Surface mode

Sets how PyMOL draws the surface. The default, surface_mode=0 does not include the heteroatoms within the surface; setting it to 1, does include them. See the example images.

Usage

set surface_mode, int

where int is one of the following values:

• 0: Default mode, surfacing with respect to flags.
• 1: Surface everything, including HET and hydrogens
• 2: Surface only heavy atoms
• 3: Surface only visible
• 4: Surface visible and heavy

Examples

• 

  surface_mode set to 0, the default. The galactose (blue) is not considered part of the surface.

• 

  surface_mode set to 1 -- now including heteroatoms. The galactose and all heteroatoms (blue) are now considered part of the surface and colored blue.

# make the above images, or something like them
fetch 2v72, async=0
color wheat
color marine, het
show surface

# default
set surface_mode, 0

# non default
set surface_mode, 1