Table 1 Menu bar options.
From: ProteinShader: illustrative rendering of macromolecules
Menu | Purpose |
|---|---|
File | In addition to Open and Quit, there is an Export Image submenu that allows the image on the canvas to be saved as a PNG or JPEG file. |
Style | The Cartoon submenu allows the protein to be displayed as Tubes, Ribbons, Tubes and Ribbons, or Frenet Frames. The Atom submenu offers Space Filling (spheres), Balls and Sticks (spheres and cylinders), or Sticks (cylinders). |
Visibility | Coarse-level of control over whether Amino Acids, Heterogens, or Waters are visible. Control panels in Table 2 provide a more fine-grained control. |
Orientation | Choosing Original resets the protein to its original size and front orientation, while Front, Back, left, Right, Top, and Bottom affect the protein's orientation, but not the camera distance. |
Background | Sets the background color on the canvas to Black, Gray, Light Gray, White, or opens a Chooser dialog box that can be used to select any color. |
Tools | Opens and closes the control panel on the right side of the canvas. |
Help | Opens the desktop's default web browser and loads a help html file. |