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Chem3D Users Manual - CambridgeSoft

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Chapter 3: Displaying Models<br />

Overview<br />

You can display molecular models in several ways,<br />

depending on what information you want to learn<br />

from them. The atoms and bonds of a model can<br />

take on different appearances. These appearances<br />

are generically termed rendering types, and the term<br />

model display is used in <strong>Chem3D</strong>. Depending on the<br />

type of molecule, certain model displays may offer<br />

advantages by highlighting structural features of<br />

interest. For example, the Ribbons model display<br />

might be the option of choice to show the<br />

conformational folding of a protein without the<br />

distracting structural detail of individual atoms.<br />

Model display options are divided into two general<br />

types:<br />

• Structure displays<br />

• Molecular surface displays<br />

Structure Displays<br />

Structures are graphical representations based on<br />

the traditional physical three-dimensional<br />

molecular model types. The following structure<br />

display types are available from Model Display view<br />

of the Chem 3D Setting dialog box:<br />

• Wire Frame<br />

• Sticks<br />

• Ball and Stick<br />

• Cylindrical Bonds<br />

• Space Filling<br />

• Ribbons<br />

• Cartoons<br />

To change the default structural display type of a<br />

model:<br />

1. From the File menu, choose Model Settings.<br />

The Chem 3D Setting dialog box appears.<br />

2. Select the Model Display tab.<br />

The Model Display control panel of the Chem<br />

3D Setting dialog box appears.<br />

3. Set the new options.<br />

Model<br />

Display<br />

Tab<br />

Default<br />

Model<br />

Type<br />

ChemOffice 2005/<strong>Chem3D</strong> Displaying Models • 55<br />

Structure Displays

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