Show as

(History: Python 2.6 came out with the keyword as which is also a PyMOL keyword. So, we had to change the PyMOL-named keyword to show_as.)

show_as turns on and off atom and bond representations, where the available representations are the usual:

• lines
• spheres
• mesh
• ribbon
• cartoon
• sticks
• dots
• surface
• labels
• extent
• nonbonded
• nb_spheres
• slice

USAGE

show_as representation [, selection ]

ARGUMENTS

• representation = lines, spheres, mesh, ribbon, cartoon, sticks, dots, surface, labels, extent, nonbonded, nb_spheres, slice, extent, slice, dashes, angles, dihedrals, cgo, cell, callback, everything
• selection = string {default: all}

EXAMPLES

 
# show the backbone as lines
show_as lines, name ca or name c or name n

# show everything as a ribbon
show_as ribbon

PYMOL API

 
cmd.show_as(string representation, string selection)

NOTES

• selection can be an object name
• as alone will turn on lines and nonbonded and hide everything else.

SEE ALSO

show, hide, enable, disable, All PyMOL Representations

References

• PyMOL Source code