Arthur,

This is straightforward to do in MolSoft's ICM-Browser http://www.molsoft.com/icm_browser.html or iMolview on the iPad / Android http://www.molsoft.com/iMolview.html .

See example here http://goo.gl/ZUqHZY

1. Download ICM-Browser for free here (Win, Mac, or Linux) http://www.molsoft.com/getbrowser.cgi .
2. Display the molecule in CPK (click on the Display tab and choose CPK).
3. Cut the molecule using the clipping tools http://www.molsoft.com/gui/clipping-tool.html .
4. Export image http://www.molsoft.com/gui/make-images.html

Thanks,
Andy

On 09/05/2013 10:30 PM, Arthur Glasfeld wrote:

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I am hoping to create some images of protein cross-sections where
the atoms are depicted as spheres, and the spheres that are "cut"
by the slab are shown as solids with the same color as the surface.
An example of what I'm after can be found here:

people.reed.edu/~glasfeld/xsection.jpg

Does anyone know of any software that can produce similar images?


Thanks,

Arthur Glasfeld Reed College Portland, OR

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Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
Tammannstr. 4
D-37077 Goettingen

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