Bonds (visual element)
This visual element renders bonds between pairs of particles. Bonds can either be loaded from a data file, or can be created within OVITO, e.g. using the Create bonds modifier.
Parameters
- Shading mode
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Switches between a three-dimensional display mode, where bonds are rendered as cylinders, and a flat representation, where bonds are rendered as lines.
- Rendering quality
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This parameter controls the method used to render the bonds. The following modes are available and affect only the rendering of cylindrical bonds:
- Low
Bonds are rendered using triangular facets.
- Medium
Same as Low quality.
- High
Bonds are rendered as true cylinders using a ray-tracing algorithm, which is implemented as a OpenGL fragment shader.
- Bond width
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Controls the display width of bonds (both cylinders and lines).
- Bond color
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The rendering color of bonds. This color parameter is only used if Use particle colors is not selected.
- Use particle colors
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If selected, bonds are rendered in the same colors as the particles they connect.