Add beads

Menu:Options.Add beads
Tcl routines:addbeads object drawing tag size tagsizes, deletebeads object drawing tag

Description

The 'add beads' options makes it possible to create a filled circle linked to each base, the size of which can be determined by the tags appended to this base. The circle (or bead) will also be tagged with this tag. This makes it possible to change the color of the beads depending on how the base was tagged.

The beads can be used to mark differently tagged bases by providing a differently colored backgound. For mono printouts, the different size of bead can be used to indicated different tags. In the latter case it is best to hide the bases ('Edit' menu) before printing.

Options

Bead Size (entry)
gives the default size of each bead.
Fit beads to base (checkbutton)
The beads will be the size of the base it is linked to instead of the default size given above.
Variable size beads (checkbutton)
The beads will have a size depending on their tags. If their tag is mentioned is text box below, it will have the size given after that tag. Otherwise it will have the default size (or 'fit' size).
text box
This text bix contains a list of tags and associated sizes. If a base has the given tag, the bead linked to it will be of the associated size. When the keyword 'fit' is given instead of a size, the bead will fit the base.

Action buttons

Action Add
add beads to all bases of the currently selected drawing
Action To selected
add beads to all selected bases of the currently selected drawing
Action Delete
Delete the beads associated to the current structure
Action Help
What do you think?
Action Close
Close the dialog box without selecting a file.