Package Scientific :: Package Visualization :: Module VMD :: Class ShapeObject
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Class ShapeObject

VMDObject --+
            |
           ShapeObject
Known Subclasses:

Graphics objects representing geometrical shapes

This is an abstract base class. Use one of the subclasses to generate graphics.

Instance Methods
 
__add__(self, other)
 
__init__(self, attr)
 
use(self, file)
 
writeToFile(self, file)

Inherited from VMDObject: __copy__, __getitem__, __setitem__

Class Variables
  attribute_names = ['comment', 'material']
Method Details

__init__(self, attr)
(Constructor)

 
Parameters:
  • attr - graphics attributes specified by keywords
  • material - color and surface properties
  • comment - a comment that is written to the script file
Overrides: VMDObject.__init__
(inherited documentation)

writeToFile(self, file)

 
Overrides: VMDObject.writeToFile