Stick transparency

Overview

The setting "stick_transparency" allows one to set the degree of transparency for stick objects, independent of all other objects. Allowable values range from 0 (fully opaque) to 1 (fully transparent, i.e. invisible).

Usage

set stick_transparency, F, objectname
set_bond stick_transparency, F, selection

where F is a floating point number in the range [0.0 - 1.0], and objectname is the object to apply the changes to. If ObjectName is omitted, then the transparency of all stick representations will be changed.

To apply this setting to a selection, use "set_bond" syntax

set_bond stick_transparency, 0.7, */n+c+ca+o

For the value of F=1.0 sticks will be completely transparent/invisible and for F=0.0 sticks are solid/opaque.

Examples

set stick_transparency, 0.50   # Makes sticks 50-percent transparent

Open the images to actually see the details!

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  sticks with no transparency
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  sticks with 0.5 transparency
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  sticks with 0.9 transparency

Note

Stick transparency works best with "unilayer" transparency (Setting menu > transparency > Unilayer) rather than "multilayer", which leads to odd artifacts where the sticks join.

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  sticks with 0.5 transparency and multilayer transparency