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From: JT (JTibbitt_at_odu.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 09 2009 - 15:14:41 CDT

John,
Hey, we've been getting this problem too. Tachyon images are so nice
that it would be great to generate some. I know you probably have
alot of stuff to do for the VMD 1.8.7 release. But do you think this
fix will be included as well?
Thanks,
Jeff Tibbitt

> Jason,
> This is one of the items that's on my TODO list to finish up.
> I have added 3-D texturing to Tachyon in support of the type of
> electrostatic potential renderings we do in VMD, and I've prototyped
> the necessary interfaces in VMD, but I haven't finished debugging the
> code yet. At present I've either got a bug on the Tachyon side or
> on the VMD side but I need a day of uninterrupted development time
> in order to finish it off. I'll let you know when I have something,
> but for the present moment, the Snapshot rendering method is
> your best bet.
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 04:39:31PM -0400, Jason Winget wrote:
>> My apologies if this has been asked and answered previously, but
I've
>> been unable to find a solution by trawling the mailing list
archives.
>>
>> I'm attempting to render APBS electrostatic potentials using
Tachyon.
>> Although the RWB coloring shows up fine in the graphical window,
when I
>> render it the surface is colored solid white.
>>
>> The snapshot gives the proper coloring, and I know that Tachyon
works
>> fine otherwise. My guess is that this has something to do with the
fact
>> that the coloring for the surface potentials is controlled in the
>> trajectory tab of the Representations menu, but I'm not sure how
to fix
>> it. Any help you can provide would be appreciated.
>>
>> Jason Winget