No good. Below is the part of output:

// -- Coming now: 860 bonds --


union {
  cylinder { <-1.436494,-2.677406,2.422070>, <-0.506810,-4.051990,1.579784>,
0.000000  material { M_BD0 } } // #16: "Al1" -- "O1"
  cylinder { <-1.436494,-2.677406,2.422070>, <-0.714979,-1.184693,1.579784>,
0.000000  material { M_BD0 } } // #17: "Al1" -- "O1"
  cylinder { <-1.436494,-2.677406,2.422070>, <-3.087694,-2.795534,1.579784>,
0.000000  material { M_BD0 } } // #18: "Al1" -- "O1"
  cylinder { <3.313506,-2.677406,2.422070>, <4.243190,-4.051990,1.579784>,
0.000000  material { M_BD0 } } // #19: "Al1" -- "O1"
  cylinder { <3.313506,-2.677406,2.422070>, <4.035021,-1.184693,1.579784>,
0.000000  material { M_BD0 } } // #20: "Al1" -- "O1"
  cylinder { <3.313506,-2.677406,2.422070>, <1.662306,-2.795534,1.579784>,
0.000000  material { M_BD0 } } // #21: "Al1" -- "O1"

thanks

Mike Williams <nos### [at] econymdemoncouk> wrote:
> Wasn't it jasius who wrote:
> >It drives me nuts! How to render both molecules and bonds from Diamond 3.0?
> >i can see only molecules, now.
> >I replied to my previous post with this question, unfortunately I can't see
> >my reply and answer though i see number of answers, so I will post it one
> >more time
>
> Diamond 3.0 makes a number of assumptions about the POV-Ray environment
> that may not necessarily be true, but I can't see anything obvious that
> might cause the bonds to fail to render.
>
> Once I changed my master povray.ini file back to what Diamond 3.0
> assumes, the bonds render correctly on my system.
>
>
> In Diamond: Check that the bonds are not hidden, by using
> Picture->Hide and ensuring that "Hide All Bonds" is not selected.
>
> Also: check that the materials designed for your bonds are sensible by
> using Picture->Bond_Designs->Material. Check all the bond types (listed
> on the left side of the Bond Designs pane.
>
> Also: check that you have a sensible value for the bond radius
> (Picture->Model And Radii)
>
> If you're using "fragmentated" bonds, ensure that you've got at least
> the version 3.0a upgrade of Diamond. Version 3.0 had some issues with
> fragmentated bond export to POV-Ray.
>
>
>
> If they all look OK, try exporting a pov file rather than getting
> diamond to invoke POV_Ray directly. Then look for the materials that are
> declared for the bonds. It looks a bit like this:-
>
> #declare M_BD0 = material { texture { pigment { color rgb<0.25098,
>         0.25098, 0.25098> filter 0 transmit 0 } finish { F_Global }
>         normal { N_Global } } interior { I_Global } }
>
> #declare M_BD1 = material { texture { pigment { color rgb<1, 1, 1>
>         filter 0 transmit 0 } finish { F_Global } normal { N_Global } }
>         interior { I_Global } }
>
> And look for the cylinders that use these materials, which look a bit
> like this:
>
> // -- Coming now: 52 bonds --
> union {
>   cylinder { <0.000000,0.000000,0.000000>,
>         <0.890625,0.890625,-0.890625>, 0.050000  material { M_BD0 } }
>         // #4: "C1" -- "C1"
>   cylinder { <0.000000,0.000000,0.000000>,
>         <0.890625,-0.890625,0.890625>, 0.050000  material { M_BD0 } }
>         // #5: "C1" -- "C1"
>
>
> If you can't see anything obviously wrong with those bits of the .pov
> file, you could try posting those bits here (try to avoid posting the
> whole file if it's huge). We should be able to tell you what Diamond is
> doing wrong, and that might give you a clue about how to configure
> Diamond to do it right.
>
> --
> Mike Williams
> Gentleman of Leisure

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