How can I visualize 3D property data, such as the electrostatic potential, in Maestro?

You can display 3D property data using the Manage Surfaces panel. The property data is known as a "volume". The display of the data is defined by a map that specifies the color and transparency as a function of the property value, which you can create visually in the Volume Color Map Editor panel.

1. Import or create the volume data.
2. Open the Manage Surfaces panel.
3. Select the row for the volume you are interested in, and click in the Vol column to display the volume.
4. Click Volume Editor.
5. Create the map by adding points to the plot of opacity vs property value, and selecting a color for each point.

The display is updated as you add points to the plot and move them around. You can create peaks in the opacity, change their widths and move them around, as well as adding single points.

Displaying a surface is also a way of visualizing 3D property data. It is equivalent to creating a volume color map with a single, zero-width peak at a given property value (the isovalue of the surface).

Another way of visualizing the data is to map the values to another kind of surface, such as a molecular (Connolly) surface, or the density isosurface.

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