<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en">
	<id>https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?action=history&amp;feed=atom&amp;title=Dots</id>
	<title>Dots - Revision history</title>
	<link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?action=history&amp;feed=atom&amp;title=Dots"/>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?title=Dots&amp;action=history"/>
	<updated>2026-05-25T02:13:02Z</updated>
	<subtitle>Revision history for this page on the wiki</subtitle>
	<generator>MediaWiki 1.35.1</generator>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?title=Dots&amp;diff=8225&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Pyadmin: 5 revisions</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?title=Dots&amp;diff=8225&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2014-03-28T02:18:14Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;5 revisions&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Dots_ex.png|thumb|Dots Representation Example]]&lt;br /&gt;
= Overview =&lt;br /&gt;
A simple PyMol representation.  Use&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 show dots, SELECTION&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
where SELECTION is a valid selection or previously defined selection name.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dots Settings==&lt;br /&gt;
The differences in dot_radius and dot_width arise from the differences between the rasterization of OpenGL and ray tracing.  PyMOL line and dot widths have the name meaning as their underlying OpenGL&lt;br /&gt;
primitives (pixel widths), and they dominate over line and dot radii settings such that you get WYSIWYG raytracing output which is faithful to the OpenGL view in terms of cross-sectional area.  If you set the radii values explicitly (Angstroms), then the ray tracer will be affected, but not the OpenGL viewer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== dot_radius  (dot weight)===&lt;br /&gt;
Controls the dot radius when ray tracing (that is, it is apparent only after the scene is ray traced).&lt;br /&gt;
This option can take any value, values from 0 to whatever (4 is huge!)&lt;br /&gt;
If dot_radius is set to zero, then it is subordinated to dot_width; if dot_radius is a non-zero value, then it will take priority.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To check/change dots_radius:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_radius, VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
# equivalent to&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_radius=VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# to get the current setting, use&lt;br /&gt;
get dot_radius&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The default value is: 0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===dot_width  (dot weight)===&lt;br /&gt;
This setting defines the size of the dots, in (screen) pixels.&lt;br /&gt;
It is subordinate to dot_radius, that is dot_radius takes precedence over dot_width unless dot_radius=0.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_width, VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
# equivalent to&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_width=VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# to get the current setting, use&lt;br /&gt;
get dot_width&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The default value is: 2&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===dot_density  (dot density)===&lt;br /&gt;
Determines the density of dots in the dot representation; the existing dot densities arise from successive cycles of isocosohedral interpolation..  It takes only integer values from 0 to 4.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_density, VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
# equivalent to&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_density=VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# to get the current setting, use&lt;br /&gt;
get dot_density&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The default value is: 2&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Possible Other Settings==&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_solvent, default is off.   This setting controls whether the dots are representing the vdW surface; when the setting is on, it's the solvent accessible surface area.&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_color, default is default&lt;br /&gt;
*  cgo_dot_width, default is 2.00000&lt;br /&gt;
*  cgo_dot_radius, default is -1.00000&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_normals, default is on&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_lighting, default is on&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Unused Settings==&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_mode, default is 0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See Also ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Cmd isodot]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Representations|Dots]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Pyadmin</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?title=Dots&amp;diff=8222&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Ojganesh: /* dot_radius  (dot weight) */</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?title=Dots&amp;diff=8222&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2008-07-29T19:30:56Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;dot_radius  (dot weight)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class=&quot;diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace&quot; data-mw=&quot;interface&quot;&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-content&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-content&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;tr class=&quot;diff-title&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 19:30, 29 July 2008&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l12&quot; &gt;Line 12:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 12:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Controls the dot radius when ray tracing (that is, it is apparent only after the scene is ray traced).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Controls the dot radius when ray tracing (that is, it is apparent only after the scene is ray traced).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This option can take any value, values from 0 to whatever (4 is huge!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This option can take any value, values from 0 to whatever (4 is huge!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;If dot_radius is set to zero, then it is subordinated to dot_width; if &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;changed to &lt;/del&gt;a non-zero value, then &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;dot_radius &lt;/del&gt;will take priority.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;If dot_radius is set to zero, then it is subordinated to dot_width; if &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;dot_radius is &lt;/ins&gt;a non-zero value, then &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;it &lt;/ins&gt;will take priority.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;To check/change dots_radius:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;To check/change dots_radius:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ojganesh</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?title=Dots&amp;diff=8221&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Ojganesh at 19:26, 29 July 2008</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?title=Dots&amp;diff=8221&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2008-07-29T19:26:25Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Dots_ex.png|thumb|Dots Representation Example]]&lt;br /&gt;
= Overview =&lt;br /&gt;
A simple PyMol representation.  Use&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 show dots, SELECTION&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
where SELECTION is a valid selection or previously defined selection name.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Dots Settings==&lt;br /&gt;
=== dot_radius  (dot weight)===&lt;br /&gt;
Controls the dot radius when ray tracing (that is, it is apparent only after the scene is ray traced).&lt;br /&gt;
This option can take any value, values from 0 to whatever (4 is huge!)&lt;br /&gt;
If dot_radius is set to zero, then it is subordinated to dot_width; if changed to a non-zero value, then dot_radius will take priority.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To check/change dots_radius:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_radius, VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
# equivalent to&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_radius=VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# to get the current setting, use&lt;br /&gt;
get dot_radius&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The default value is: 0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===dot_width  (dot weight)===&lt;br /&gt;
This setting defines the size of the dots, in (screen) pixels.&lt;br /&gt;
It is subordinate to dot_radius, that is dot_radius takes precedence over dot_width unless dot_radius=0.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_width, VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
# equivalent to&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_width=VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# to get the current setting, use&lt;br /&gt;
get dot_width&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The default value is: 2&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===dot_density  (dot density)===&lt;br /&gt;
Determines the density of dots in the dot representation.&lt;br /&gt;
It takes only integer values from 0 to 4.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_density, VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
# equivalent to&lt;br /&gt;
set dot_density=VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# to get the current setting, use&lt;br /&gt;
get dot_density&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The default value is: 2&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Possible Other Settings==&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_solvent, default is off&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_color, default is default&lt;br /&gt;
*  cgo_dot_width, default is 2.00000&lt;br /&gt;
*  cgo_dot_radius, default is -1.00000&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_normals, default is on&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_lighting, default is on&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Unused Settings==&lt;br /&gt;
*  dot_mode, default is 0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See Also ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Cmd isodot]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Representations|Dots]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ojganesh</name></author>
	</entry>
</feed>