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You can easily change the way a model appears choosing commands in the Model Display menu. Note, however, that changes to the model are temporary and will be lost once you leave the web page. Below are links to descriptions of each of the model display options.

	Wire Frame models have the simplest display. Bonds are displayed as lines and atoms are assumed at connection points of bonds.The bond is colored by halves. Each half represents the element color for the atom that the bond attaches. The display speed for wire frame is the fastest of all the rendering types
	Ball and Stick are drawn with bonds as lines and atoms as filled spheres. The atom spheres are filled with a pattern or color that corresponds to the element, or position of the atom.
	Cylindrical Bond models are similar to Ball and Stick models except that the bonds are drawn as cylinders that can be shaded with different patterns to identify bond order.
	Space filling models are more complex to draw and slowest to display. Atoms are scaled to 100% of the van der Waals radii specified in the Atom Types table.
	Ribbons are used for displaying large protein molecules for elucidating secondary and tertiary structure.Your model must have a protein backbone in order to display ribbons. Using Color by Group to help identify the amino acid constituents is additionally useful.
	Cartoons are used for displaying large protein molecules for elucidating secondary and tertiary structure. Your model must have a protein backbone in order to display ribbons. Using Color by Group and Color by Chain to help identify the amino acid constituents is additionally useful.
	Stick models are similar to Wire Frame, however, the bonds are slightly thicker.
	Color by Group changes the color based on a group defined within the model created within Chem3D or present within model in pdb format. You will not be able to control what a group is unless you are the author of the molecular model.
	Color by Chain changes the color based on a biological chain.
	Color by Depth you can the 3d glasses to view the true 3D space.
	Depth Fading setting can enhance the 3D feeling of model pictures
	Color Black changes all atoms in the model to black.
	Show Serial Numbers displays the number associated with each atom as set in the source file.
	Show Atom Labels displays the symbol for each non-carbon atom in the model
	Dot surfaces display dots around atoms based on the VDW radius set for the atom type and can be shown over another rendering type such as wire frame.