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patrickfuller / imolecule

An embeddable webGL molecule viewer and file format converter.
http://patrickfuller.github.io/imolecule/
MIT License
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Color/size change for unknown elements #21

Open ctk3b opened 9 years ago

ctk3b commented 9 years ago

@patrickfuller would you be opposed to slightly modifying the parameters of "unknown" elements?

This is somewhat specific to our application but we sometimes want to look at particles that are not chemical elements and when these are completely black, they have no shading so are very hard to distinguish in 3D. Additionally, they are currently bigger than common atoms like carbon and oxygen.

Would you be opposed to tweaking the aesthetics to something that is smaller (~0.3-0.5) and a color that distinguishes particles nicely in 3D (perhaps a grey tone or perhaps even something more obnoxious to show "hey this is unknown"?)

patrickfuller commented 9 years ago

So long as it's really obvious when an unknown atom is encountered, I'm okay with changes.

ctk3b commented 9 years ago

Ok I'll play around with some color/size combinations and see if I can find one that obviously distinguishes it from other atoms.