Display

The display module controls how the VMD render window and GUI look and are refreshed. These methods can be useful for automated rendering from Python.

Methods

update	Force a render window update, without updating FLTK menus
update_ui	Update the render window and all user interfaces
update_on	Tell VMD to regularly update display and GUI menus
update_off	Stop updating the display.
set	Sets display properties.
get	Query display properties
stereomodes	Get available stereo modes

Attributes

Keyword	Type	Description
eyesep	float	Distance between eyes for stereo display
focallength	float	Focal length
height	float	Screen height
distance	float	Screen distance
nearclip	float	Near clip plane
farclip	float	Far clip plane
antialias	bool	If anti-aliasing is used
depthcueue	bool	If depth cueing should be done
culling	bool	If surface culling should be done
ambientocclusion	bool	If ambient occlusion should used
stereo	string	Stereo mode, in output from stereomodes()
projection	string	Projection mode, either Persepective’ or ‘Orthographic’
size	(int, int)	Render window size
aoambient	float	Ambient lighting for ambient occlusion
aodirect	float	Direct lighting for ambient occlusion
shadows	bool	If shadows should be rendered
dof	bool	If rendering should be done with depth of field
dof_fnumber	float	F-number for depth of field
dof_focaldist	float	Focal distance for depth of field