Have you ever wanted to progressively hide specific atoms and bonds in your molecular models to highlight critical details during your presentations or simulations? The Conceal Atoms animation feature in SAMSON is a perfect tool that allows you to achieve just that.
What is the Conceal Atoms animation?
The Conceal Atoms animation doesn’t rely on transparency changes; instead, it leverages the visibility of nodes to progressively make atoms and bonds disappear between frames. This fine level of control can be incredibly helpful when you want to draw attention to other parts of a molecular system or simply create polished, dynamic visualizations during modeling workflows.
How to add the Conceal Atoms animation
Add the Conceal Atoms effect to objects in your molecular model easily by following these steps:
- Select atoms and bonds: Start by choosing the specific components of your molecular model that you want to gradually disappear. Highlight them in the selection.
- Apply the animation: In the Animation panel of the Animator, double-click on the Conceal Atoms effect.
After applying the animation, you’ll notice that it includes four keyframes, which you can move or adjust as needed for precise timing:
- Keyframes 1 and 2: All selected atoms and bonds will remain visible.
- Keyframes 2 and 3: The atoms and bonds will progressively disappear based on their order in your selection.
- Keyframes 3 and 4: All specified atoms and bonds will be completely hidden.
A significant advantage of this animation is flexibility: you can always readjust the keyframes to better align with your molecular presentation’s timing.
Controlling the animation properties
For greater customization, you can fine-tune how the concealment effect behaves by modifying the parameters’ interpolation on an Easing curve. This ensures smooth and visually appealing transitions that match your specific needs.
Examples in practice
The Conceal Atoms animation has been used effectively in presentations available on SAMSON Connect – Documents. Here are a couple of examples worth exploring:
Learn More
The Conceal Atoms feature offers a simple yet powerful way to enhance molecular presentations and analysis. To dive deeper into how to implement and optimize this feature, check the full documentation at https://documentation.samson-connect.net/users/latest/animations/conceal-atoms/.
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