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Usage:
show
spec
[ level | target string ]
Usage:
hide
spec
[ level | target string ]
The commands show and hide display and undisplay the
specified atoms, bonds, pseudobonds,
cartoons, molecular surfaces, and entire models.
Following the usual convention, a blank specification means “all.”
See also: style,
cartoon,
surface,
volume,
Model Panel,
Basic Actions,
Toolbar,
Actions menu,
selection context menus
Examples:
show #1/a
hide /b-d cartoons
hide hbonds
hide nucleic targ cp
Which of the possible displays of a given atom, residue, etc.
to show or hide can be specified with a level keyword or
the target option:
level
equivalent
meaning
atoms
target a
specified atoms;
bonds and
pseudobonds with
both end atoms hidden are also hidden automatically
bonds
target b
bonds specified directly or with both end atoms specified; end atoms included
for
show (since they are required to display the bond,
see
hierarchy) but not for
hide
pseudobonds or
pbonds
target p
pseudobonds
specified directly or with both end atoms specified; end atoms included
for
show (since they are required to display the pseudobond,
see
hierarchy) but not for
hide
cartoons or
ribbons
target c or
target r
cartoon (ribbon) segments of the specified residues
surfaces
target s
molecular surface patches of the specified atoms;
show will use an existing surface, if any, otherwise generate
it with default
surface parameters
models
target m
entire models,
without affecting the display status of their subparts
(for example, which atoms are shown;
see
hierarchy); see also
The default level is atoms when
spec includes atoms,
pseudobonds when it includes only
pseudobonds, and
models when only nonatomic (e.g., volume) models are specified.
A blank specification includes atoms when atomic models are present.
Alternatively,
the target option allows specifying one or more levels
as a single string of single-letter codes in any order,
without commas or spaces. For example,
target acs indicates atoms, cartoons, and molecular surfaces.
UCSF Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics /
February 2020