Command: transparency

Usage:
transparency  spec   percent  [ what | target  string ]

The transparency command sets the transparency of atomic representations, molecular surfaces, and volume (map) isosurfaces to the specified percent, where 0% is completely opaque and 100% is completely transparent, without otherwise changing colors. There are limitations in rendering transparency. See also: color, surface, volume, material, per-model clipping

The target option allows acting on only a subset of the possible displays of a given atom, residue, etc. The string can be any combination of the following letters, without commas or spaces:

• a – atoms/bonds (shown for bonds in halfbond mode)
• b – bonds-only (shown for bonds not in halfbond mode)
• c  or  r – cartoons (ribbons) (divisible to per-residue segments)
• s – surfaces (molecular surfaces divisible to per-atom patches, other surface models such as volume isosurfaces)
• p – pseudobonds-only (shown for pseudobonds not in halfbond mode)
• f – ring fill and nucleotide representations

Alternatively, the targets (what to act upon) can be specified with one or more of the following keywords as a comma-separated list at the end of the command:

• atoms – equivalent to target a
• bonds – equivalent to target b
• cartoons or ribbons – equivalent to target c or target r
• surfaces – equivalent to target s
• pseudobonds – equivalent to target p
• rings – equivalent to target f
• All – equivalent to target abcsp

Examples

transparency /A 50

transparency 75 target a
– or –
transparency 75 atoms

transparency sel 0 target ac

transparency #2/B 80 target r
– or –
transparency #2/B 80 ribbon