AtomView expects atom files to be in a standard common place. This place was chosen to be the atomview directory itself. So the atom files must be untarred and placed within this directory for the program to work correctly. To run the AtomView, enter the atomview directory and type atomview you will be prompted for information or you may enter the same parameters after the atomview command using the following syntax. Forces the program to use internally created geometries to represent the atoms.
Fewer faces means faster drawing since the objects are less complicated.
However, it also means the spheres are less smooth looking. The default is 32. A scale of 0 to 100 is used. This mode will allow the joystick part of the wand to increase or decrease the scale of the entire model. A scale of 0 to 100 is used.