Structure Display Parameters

    Parameter Meaning Default
    absLabelVisible Show (true) or hide (false) "Absolute" label false
    atomFont Atom symbol/label font: Serif, SansSerif or Monospaced SansSerif
    atomMappingVisible Show (true) or hide (false) atom mapping true
    atomPropertiesVisible Show (true) or hide (false) atom properties true
    atomNumbersVisible Deprecated N/A
    atomNumberingType Sets the type of atom numbering to Off (0), Atom numbers (1) or IUPAC numbering (2) 0
    valencePropertyVisible Show (true) or hide (false) valence properties true
    atomsize Atom symbol font size in C-C bond length units: atomsize 1.54 Å = atomsize scale* points. Can be given in pt ie.:msketch_param(\"atomsize\", \"16 pt\"); 0.35714285714285715 (10pt)
    atomSymbolsVisible Show (true) or hide (false) atom symbols true
    automaticFogEnabled Deprecated.
    ballRadius Ball radius for ballstickrendering mode, in units of the covalent radius. 0.5
    boldBondWidth Width of bold bond in pt. 6
    bondLength Lenght of bond in pt. 28
    bondLengthVisible Show (true) or hide (false) bond length labels false
    bondSpacing Double bond spacing in C-C bond length units: spacing 1.54 Å = spacing scale* pixels 0.18
    chargeWithCircle Charge label (plus or minus sign) is displayed circled(true) or normal(false) false
    chiralitySupport When to show atom chirality (R/S). off - never, selected - if a chiral flag is set for the molecule or the atom's enhanced stereo type is absolute all - always, allPossible - show all chiral centers and highlight possible but undefined centers too off
    circledChargeFont Circled charge labels font: any of the fonts installed on the machine Deprecated, will be removed by January 1st, 2016. SansSerif
    circledChargeSize Circled Charge labels font size in C-C bond length units: circledChargeSize 1.54 Å = circledChargeSize scale* pointsDeprecated, will be removed by January 1st, 2016. 0.4
    colorScheme Color scheme. mono - monochrome, cpk - Corey-Pauling-Koltun, group - residue sequence numbers cpk
    downWedge Wedge bond display convention. Down wedge points downward in MDL's convention (mdl), upward (at the chiral center) in Daylight (daylight). mdl
    explicitH Show (true) or hide (false) explicit hydrogens true
    ezVisible Show (true) or hide (false) E/Z labels false
    fogFactor Set the custom fog factor in a range from 0 to 100. The value 100 is for the strongest fog and 0 for the weakest (no) fog. 66
    grinvVisible Show (true) or hide (false) graph invariants (canonical labels) false
    implicitH How to display H labels. off, hetero - on heteroatoms heteroterm - on hetero or terminal atoms,all - all atoms heteroterm
    ligandErrorVisible Show (true) or not (false) ligand error by coloring to red true
    lonePairsVisible Show (true) or hide (false) lone pairs false
    lonePairsAutoCalc Switch on (true) or off (false) automatic calculation of lone pairs. The lonePairsVisible parameter should be set to true to display the result of the automatic calculation. false
    maxscale Maximizes the magnification for autoscale to prevent overscaling of small molecules. It is usually set to 28, which is the scale factor for 100% magnification. N/A
    peptideDisplayType Show peptide sequences with one letter or three-letter abbreviations. Valid values are "1-letter" and "3-letter" 3-letter
    reactionErrorVisible Deprecated. false
    rendering Rendering style. wireframe - wireframe, sticks - 3D sticks, ballstick - ball & stick, spacefill - balls wireframe
    rgroupsVisible Show (true) or hide (false) R-group definitions. true
    scale Magnification. A 1.54 Å long C-C bond is magnified to scale pixels. 28
    sketchAnyBond Display type of the Any bond in the sketcher: auto - displayed as a dashed line in most cases, solid line only when all bonds are generated from atom coordinates (e.g. XYZ and PDB files). dashed - displayed as a dashed line, solid - displayed as a solid line auto
    stickdst Stick distance of atoms in C-C bond length units. 0.3
    showSets Show the specified atom sets only. A comma-separated list of set sequence numbers (0, ..., 63). N/A
    sketchCarbonVisibility Display the label of carbon atoms in structures. on - Always show the atom labels of carbon atoms. off - Never show the atom labels of carbon atoms. inChain - Show the atom labels of carbon atoms at straight angles and implicit Hydrogens. inChain
    sketchLigandOrderVisibility Display the ligand order of R-group atoms in structures. on - Always show the ligand order of R-group atoms. off - Never show the ligand order of R-group atoms. showOnlyWithDefinition - Show the ligand order of R-group atoms only on R-groups with a definition. off
    stickThickness 3D stick diameter for "sticks" and ballstick rendering modes, in Angstroms. 0.1
    valenceErrorVisible Highlight (by underlining) the labels of those atoms with valence errors. This option can also be set on the Edit > Preferences panel. true - display errors, false - do not display errors true
    viewAnyBond Display type of the Any bond in the viewer: auto - displayed as a dashed line in most cases, solid line only when all bonds are generated from atom coordinates (e.g. XYZ and PDB files). dashed - displayed as a dashed line, solid - displayed as a solid line auto
    zeroBasedAtomIndexing Starts the atom indexing from zero instead of one: true - atom indexes are started from zero, false - atom indexes are started from one false
    wireThickness Line thickness for wireframe and wireknobs rendering modes, in Angstroms. 0.064