ATO, ATOMS

NAME
ATO, ATOMS - change drawing style for atoms.

SYNOPSIS
ATO style
ATOMS style

DESCRIPTION
Change drawing style for atoms. Atom style is defined separately from bond style. For BALLS, BIG and SPACEFILL style, atom sizes are read from .garlicrc file. If this file is not available, hard-coded defaults are used.

STYLE	DESCRIPTION	SIZE
0	Unvisible atoms	Fixed
1	A single pixel	Fixed
2	3x3 cross (5 pixels)	Fixed
3	3x3 square (9 pixels)	Fixed
4	5x5 circle (21 pixel)	Fixed
5	7x7 square (37 pixels)	Fixed
6	9x9 circle (61 pixel)	Fixed
7	11x11 circle (109 pixels)	Fixed
bal balls	Balls (suitable to draw balls and sticks)	Proportional
big	Big (oversized atoms)	Proportional
spa spacefill	Spacefill style; the size of atom depends on atom type	Proportional

NOTES
(1) Unvisible atoms (style 0) are not treated as hidden - they are just invisible.
(2) A good performance and fairly good contrast may be achieved choosing atom drawing style 0 (no pixels) and bond drawing style 2 (line width of three pixels).

RELATED COMMANDS
BON (BONDS) changes drawing style for bonds.