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MarvinView Structure Display Parameters

Parameter Meaning Default
absLabelVisible Show (true) or hide (false) "Absolute" label false
aminoAcidBondColoringEnabled Enable (true) or disable (false) peptide bridge coloring true
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, where scale is the current magnification. 0.4
atomSymbolsVisible Show (true) or hide (false) atom symbols in 3D view true
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, where scale is the current magnification. 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 the chiral flag is set for the molecule or the atom's enhanced stereo type is absolute
all - always
off
circledChargeFont Circled charge labels font: any of the fonts installed on the machine. Deprecated, will be removed by January 1st, 2016. SansSerif
circledChargeSize Deprecated. N/A
colorScheme Color scheme.
mono - monochrome
cpk - Corey-Pauling-Kultun
shapely - shapely (residue types)
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's (daylight). mdl
explicitH Show (true) or hide (false) explicit hydrogens. true
ezVisible Show (true) or hide (false) E/Z labels. false
grinv Show (true) or hide (false) graph invariants false
implicitH How to display H labels.
off
hetero - on heteroatoms
heteroterm - on hetero or terminal atoms
all - all atoms
false
ligandErrorVisible Show (true) or not (false) ligand error by coloring to red. false
lonePairsVisible Show (true) or hide (false) lone pairs false
peptideDisplayType Show peptide sequences with one letter or three-letter abbreviations. Valid values are "1-letter" and "3-letter" 3-letter
rgroupsVisible Show (true) or hide (false) R-group definitions true
selection0selection1selection2... Comma-separated list of atom numbers (0, ..., n-1). Selected atoms are highlighted. In a simple one-molecule viewer, selection0 must be used. In a molecule table, selection n corresponds to molecule cell n . N/A
showSets Show the specified atom sets only. A comma-separated list of set sequence numbers (0, ..., 63). heteroterm
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
valenceErrorVisibleInView Show (true) or hide (false) valence 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
viewAtomMarkEnabled Enables (true) or disables (false) atom highlight and atom mark in View. true
viewCarbonVisibility 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
viewLigandOrderVisibility 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