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changing display format in builder
« on: March 10, 2026, 03:12 »
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I accidentally hit another key (dont know which) when hitting escape key while in builder.  All the nice atom and bonds structures changed to simple stick structures.  What is worse, none of the measurement and selection tools work!
How do I get back the standard display?

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Re: changing display format in builder
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2026, 05:18 »
Maybe  "Graphics>Graphics Properties" in Panel

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Re: changing display format in builder
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2026, 20:37 »
Thanks for the reply.  Where do i find the "Graphics" option?

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Re: changing display format in builder
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2026, 03:36 »
my version is 2013, "graphics" is at the right of the window of "builder"

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Re: changing display format in builder
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2026, 03:38 »
sorry, v2023

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Re: changing display format in builder
« Reply #5 on: Today at 19:52 »
I don't think there is a keyboard shortcut to switch the rendering mode, so you might have accidentally hit a bug (which was more usual in the past) where atoms turned into single dots.

I personally hate the advice to "just reboot", but graphics settings are not persistent, so next time you start Nanolab all should be back to usual :-)

Otherwise the Graphics settings are in the right-hand add-on panel in the Builder.