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Can I hide individual atoms, bond paths, BCPs, etc. in an AIMStudio 3D window?

April 26, 2017aimstudio atoms BCPs Bond Hide individual paths window

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Can I hide individual atoms, bond paths, BCPs, etc. in an AIMStudio 3D window?

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Yes. Right-clicking on any nuclear, BCP, RCP, CCP, NNACP, Ghost or other object sphere will push up a context menu with various options (at the top of the menu) specific to that object. One of the these options will be “Cloak Object”. Cloaking an object will hide it (the more general term “Cloak” is used instead of “Hide” to allow for possible different representations of “Cloaking” in the future). Cloaking a BCP will also cloak its bond path and its IAS EV paths. Cloaking an RCP will also cloak its RCP-to-BCP paths. Note that a cloaked object cannot be decloaked by right-clicking on it (because it is not there anymore), but all cloaked objects can be decloaked via the “View->Decloak All” menu item. Cloaking is especially useful for contour maps and other 2D plots in non-planar molecules, where you may only want to show those atoms, bond paths, etc. in the plotting plane.