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modifying presets
by glenn millhauser 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Hi Folks, Is there a way to edit the Presets to include additional protein features? Specifically, I work with quite a few disulfide rich proteins and it would be great to select the Preset Interactive 1 and have it automatically draw Cys side chains with disulfide links. Many thanks, glenn Glenn L. Millhauser Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 95064 831 459 2176 voice 831 566 3337 cell 831 459 2935 fax http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~glennm http://www.chemistry.ucsc.edu/faculty/millhauser.html

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Re: [Chimera-users] [chimera-dev] change hand ?
by Tom Goddard 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Hi Stefan, You can flip the hand of the map by making the grid spacing negative along one axis. Chimera wasn't intended to do this so I'm not sure everything will work correctly. To make this change use the volume dialog Coordinates panel and change voxel size from (for example) 0.37 to 0.37 0.37 -0.37. The three numbers are grid plane spacing along the x, y, z axes. If they are all the same Chimera just shows one number. In Chimera 1.2470 the volume surface will become dark. To remedy this use the volume dialog Surface and Mesh options panel and turn off "two-sided surface lighting". A current Chimera daily build will not have that problem. Chimera won't correctly save the flipped map. So this is not an ideal way to proceed. I don't know of software that will write out the flipped map though it must exist. Tom Stefan Backstrom wrote: > Hi. > > Is it possible to flip the hand of a cryo-EM map in chimera ? > > Best wishes, > > Stefan Bäckström > Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics > Umeå University > Sweden > > _______________________________________________ > Chimera-dev mailing list > Chimera-dev(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-dev >

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volume rendering depth issue with multiple volumes (segmented layers)
by William Jeffrey Triffo 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

hello, I remember past posts mentioning depth issues when rendering multiple volumes. I have several layers (6) that I have segmented out individually. Last night, they appeared to render 'in order' (the layers are parallel, and up to 6 thus overlap if rotated into the correct view). this morning, though, I notice that 'volume 2' is rendering 'on top' of everything else. is there a way I can trick this to work, or is there something I may be missing / clicked wrong? thanks, -Jeff -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Triffo Auer Group, Donner Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Raphael Group, Bioengineering Department, Rice University Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Baylor College of Medicine phone (Berkeley): 510-486-7940 fax (Berkeley): 510-486-6488

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menssage error
by DRT/BA - Elias Silva dos Santos 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi!! I am preparing a molecule for docking that he has two centers of iron sulphur [ 4FE-4S]+2 and one molecule of FAD. When trying to place loads I am recebeno error messages (DOCK Prep). As I must proceed to decide the problem Elias

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Mac OSX install issue: SOLVED
by Greg Williams 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Thanks for the help. An upgrade from X11 1.1.1 to 1.1.3 solved the problem. GW

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Raytracing
by Bernard Heymann 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi I'm trying to use povray directly from Chimera and everything works. However, the isosurface of my density comes out practically black, even though the clipping plane is rendered fine. I played a bit with lighting, but that does not seem to make a difference. Could you give me some guidance? I can send an output picture if needed. Bernard Heymann Rm 1515, 50 South Dr, NIH, Bethesda, 20892-8025 Tel 301-451-8241, Fax 301-480-7629

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Mac OSX install issue
by Greg Williams 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

I am running OSX 10.4.10 on an iMac with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 66h MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I have installed X11 1.1.1 XFree86 4.4.0. I have downloaded the current production release of Chimera for Mac X11. The application doesn't open, either on a double click from the desk top or from the dock. I have also tried the Snapshot release dated 2-11-8, with the same result. The application will not open. I have also tried the Mac OSX (Aqua) version of 6-21-7. This version does open, and it works well, in limited doses. However, it is very unstable and closes spontaneously after a few minutes of work. Any ideas what may be incompatible between the X11 versions and my Mac? Thanks, Greg Williams

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surface color and coloring particular residues
by Michael DiMattia 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

hello, Is there a way to both color a surface-rendered protein by radius AND simultaneously color certain residues of the same chain with a distinct color? I have figured out how to do each one of these tasks, but can't seem to get both colorings to remain at the same time on the same protein. If I color by radius using "surface color" and then decide to highlight a particular residue, the particular residue is indeed colored, but at the expense of losing the color by radius to whatever color the protein was before that. thanks. mike

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Viewing mode
by James Fethiere 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi, I'm trying to save an image of an EM map with atomic models fitting in and can't get pov-ray to write-out the displayed image. Using the side view panel, I cut out part of the surface and models to get the view I want. When I save the image without pov-ray, I get what is displayed but when I try using the pov-ray option, I get the full map and models without the clipping I imposed using the side view mode. What would be the right procedure? Thanks James

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color by radius and other color simultaneously
by Michael DiMattia 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

hello, Is there a way to both color a surface-rendered protein by radius AND simultaneously color certain residues of the same chain with a distinct color? I have figured out how to do each one of these tasks, but can't seem to get both colorings to remain at the same time on the same protein. If I color by radius using "surface color" and then decide to highlight a particular residue, the particular residue is indeed colored, but at the expense of losing the color by radius to whatever color the protein was before that. thanks. mike

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selection of different part of the protein through the sequence prompt
by Jean Didier Pie Marechal 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

Hi guys, I'd like to select two precise beta strands of my prot and I thought it would be easier to do so from the sequence editor. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to select different parts of the same protein in the sequence editor; I alwys select the full length between first and last selected residues whatever combo I use (shift, ctrl and so on). Is it possible to do this in the sequence editor? Cheers, JD Dr. Jean-Didier Maréchal Professor Lector Unitat de Química Física Departament de Química Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Edifici C.n. 08193 Cerdanyola (Barcelona) Tel: +34.935814936 e-mail: JeanDidier.Marechal(a)uab.es ----- Missatge original ----- De: chimera-users-request(a)cgl.ucsf.edu Data: Dimecres, Febrer 13, 2008 9:00 pm Assumpte: Chimera-users Digest, Vol 58, Issue 15 > Send Chimera-users mailing list submissions to > chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chimera-users-request(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chimera-users-owner(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Chimera-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Split into models (Sadler, Evan) > 2. Re: Split into models (Elaine Meng) > 3. Opaque volume planes (Tom Goddard) > 4. Re: Opaque volume planes (William Jeffrey Triffo) > 5. Re: Opaque volume planes (Tom Goddard) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:51:30 -0600 > From: "Sadler, Evan" <ESADLER(a)dom.wustl.edu> > Subject: [Chimera-users] Split into models > To: "chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu" <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Message-ID: <C3D78D22.18B15%esadler(a)dom.wustl.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Recent email address change caused the first try to bounce, so I > resent it. > > I've loaded a file (2rjp.pdb) with 4 chains and want to split it > into 4 > models so I can align them. But "split" returns: > > unrecognized command: "split" > > What am I doing wrong? > > Evan > > -- > J. Evan Sadler, M.D., Ph.D. > Howard Hughes Medical Institute > Washington University > 660 S. Euclid Ave., Box 8022 > St. Louis, MO 63110 > Tel: 314-362-9067 > FAX: 314-454-3012 > email: esadler(a)im.wustl.edu > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:09:22 -0800 > From: Elaine Meng <meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] Split into models > To: "Sadler, Evan" <ESADLER(a)dom.wustl.edu> > Cc: chimera BB <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Message-ID: <84C5F9DD-BED6-4476-B29C-F39C322D4BEB(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Hi Evan, > You must be using a version of Chimera older than the "split" > command. If you use the documentation that came with your download > > (opened from the Help menu) it should be fairly synchronized with > your software and you won't get confused by features you don't > have! > However, in this case, just get a newer version. > > The pages at our web site under http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/ > docs/UsersGuide/ > > are "development documentation," which I am constantly changing as > Chimera changes. It will generally have newer things than your > downloaded software. > > The pages under http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/ > UsersGuide/ > > are documentation for the most recent production release (currently > > Nov 2007) and I see it also lists "split". So to use that feature > you can get that production release: > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html#production > > There are also much newer "daily builds" although they are > essentially untested and exist mainly to provide access to the very > > latest developments. > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html#production > > I just tried your structure in the production release and last > night's daily build; "split" worked in both, so you should be all set! > Elaine > ----- > Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab > Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry > University of California, San Francisco > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html > > > On Feb 12, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Sadler, Evan wrote: > > > Recent email address change caused the first try to bounce, so I > > resent it. > > > > I've loaded a file (2rjp.pdb) with 4 chains and want to split it > > into 4 > > models so I can align them. But "split" returns: > > > > unrecognized command: "split" > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Evan > > > > -- > > J. Evan Sadler, M.D., Ph.D. > > Howard Hughes Medical Institute > > Washington University > > 660 S. Euclid Ave., Box 8022 > > St. Louis, MO 63110 > > Tel: 314-362-9067 > > FAX: 314-454-3012 > > email: esadler(a)im.wustl.edu > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chimera-users mailing list > > Chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:41:06 -0800 > From: Tom Goddard <goddard(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Subject: [Chimera-users] Opaque volume planes > To: William Jeffrey Triffo <triffo(a)rice.edu>, "'Chimera BB'" > <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Message-ID: <47B24AB2.3060501(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Jeff, > > The trouble obtaining opaque volume planes is not related to > volume > plane display being built into the volume dialog. It is related to > a > change I made in how transparency is handled in solid mode back in > Aug 2007. > > Today I changed transparency in "solid" style volume rendering so > it > is easier to obtain completely opaque data planes. In tonight's > builds > (if they succeed, may not since we are switching to Python 2.5 > today) > you can obtain completely opaque volume planes by using the > "Brightness > and Transparency" panel of the volume dialog to set transparency to > 0. > This transparency value represents the fraction (0-1) of the depth > of > the volume required to produce opacity to the degree indicated by > the > height of the yellow curve on the histogram. In other words it > modulates the overall transparency. But until today it was > arbitrarily > deciding not to modulate the transparency if this depth was less > than > one grid spacing. This meaning of the transparency factor was > introduced in August 2007, and prior to that the transparency > factor > just scaled the opacity given by the yellow curve. > > Tom > > Jeff wrote: > > hi Tom, > > > > in the older (plug-in) volume planes tool, I was able to generate > > images that were opaque planes. I don't seem to be able to do > this > > anymore, even with transparency = 0. is there a way for me to do > this > > in the current Chimera? > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:47:37 -0800 > From: William Jeffrey Triffo <triffo(a)rice.edu> > Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] Opaque volume planes > To: "'Chimera BB'" <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Message-ID: <47B24C39.10306(a)rice.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > thanks, > > do you know when tonight's builds will go through, I will test it > at > that point to see if the functionality made it in > > -Jeff > > > Tom Goddard wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > > > The trouble obtaining opaque volume planes is not related to > volume > > plane display being built into the volume dialog. It is related > to a > > change I made in how transparency is handled in solid mode back > in Aug > > 2007. > > > > Today I changed transparency in "solid" style volume rendering > so it > > is easier to obtain completely opaque data planes. In tonight's > > builds (if they succeed, may not since we are switching to Python > 2.5 > > today) you can obtain completely opaque volume planes by using > the > > "Brightness and Transparency" panel of the volume dialog to set > > transparency to 0. This transparency value represents the > fraction > > (0-1) of the depth of the volume required to produce opacity to > the > > degree indicated by the height of the yellow curve on the > histogram. > > In other words it modulates the overall transparency. But until > today > > it was arbitrarily deciding not to modulate the transparency if > this > > depth was less than one grid spacing. This meaning of the > > transparency factor was introduced in August 2007, and prior to > that > > the transparency factor just scaled the opacity given by the > yellow > > curve. > > > > Tom > > > > Jeff wrote: > >> hi Tom, > >> > >> in the older (plug-in) volume planes tool, I was able to > generate > >> images that were opaque planes. I don't seem to be able to do > this > >> anymore, even with transparency = 0. is there a way for me to do > this > >> in the current Chimera? > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff Triffo > Auer Group, Donner Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > Raphael Group, Bioengineering Department, Rice University > Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Baylor College of Medicine > phone (Berkeley): 510-486-7940 > fax (Berkeley): 510-486-6488 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:10:01 -0800 > From: Tom Goddard <goddard(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] Opaque volume planes > To: William Jeffrey Triffo <triffo(a)rice.edu> > Cc: 'Chimera BB' <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Message-ID: <47B25179.5050005(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > The Chimera nightly builds usually run around 9 pm pacific standard > time > (california). The nightly build download web page has the date for > each > build, and that will not be updated if code checked in during the > day > does not compile. Code changes checked in before about 8 pm makes > it > into that night's build. > > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/alpha-downloads.html > > Tom > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Chimera-users mailing list > Chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users > > > End of Chimera-users Digest, Vol 58, Issue 15 > ********************************************* >

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Chimera user, about 'turn' command
by Aguang Dai 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Dear Mr./Ms. I'm a Chimera user in FSU. I would like to use Chimera to build some models. I used 'turn' command to rotate the model around the z axis. The command and option was: turn z 27.6923. The model is from a PDB file. But the result was that it should have be, not what I wanted. The atoms should be always in the circle centered in the Z axis, respectively. So my question is: When Chimera open a PDB file recording a protein structure, whether the coordinate axis is exactly the same as that in the PDB file? Thank you for your information in advance. Best, Daniel

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zone tool in volume rendering
by William Jeffrey Triffo 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

I've been using the new mask tool to extract features along surfaces, which is useful in its own right for generating separate maps of segmented areas. but, if I wish to color a region around a surface (or between surfaces) without generating a new map, I am not sure how to do this - the 'zone' and 'color zone' tools in Volume viewer expect atoms or marker files. I had thought about loading multiple files of these surface regions after segmenting them out, each with their own color, but loading them together produces the ordering problem with the volume rendering. also, loading multiple volumes consumes a lot of memory and I run short of memory. is there currently a way to color arbitrary regions in a volume rendering? for example, rendering all data within 60 A of a surface with a different color than the rest of the volume, or coloring a region between two surfaces a different color, analogous to the 'sandwich' option of the mask tool. thanks, -Jeff

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save volume histogram transfer function
by William Jeffrey Triffo 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

hello, is there a way for me to save the histogram transfer function that is displayed in Volume Viewer? I see that I can write down where the nodes are placed as these values appear in the "Level" dialog, but do not see a place to input magnitude (or write it down) of each node on the line. Ideally, I would just like to save it out, to apply the identical transform to multiple segmented areas of a volume. thanks, -jeff

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Per-model clipping plane flickering
by Tom Goddard 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Hi Jeff, I think you need to increase the "cap to clip plane distance" in the Surface Capping dialog from its default value of 0.001 to maybe 0.01 or 0.1. I guess you have surface capping turned on. Sometimes the clip plane partially clips the surface cap causing a fractured appearance of the cap. The OpenGL clip plane is offset from the cap by a small amount to prevent this but the needed displacement depends on the precision of the OpenGL depth buffer. Chimera should figure out the right value for this offset but currently it is specified by the user. Tom Jeff wrote: > hi Tom, > > I am getting odd output using the per-model clipping plane - I have a > volume loaded w/ precomputed subsamplings, and have generated a > surface depiction of the volume. when I enable the per-model clipping > plane, there is a lot of blinking in the model at the interface with > the per-model clipping plane. > > this volume is a membrane that I masked out using contours (as I > explained a couple of emails ago, where I have a bunch of contours > plotted along a surface, and then use the zone tool along those > contours). this means that there are a lot of zeros where the masked > volume ends; could that be part of the problem? > > I am using Chimera build 2492, MacBookPro 2GB (identical model to > yours), and Leopard with the latest X11 patch. > > best, > > -Jeff >

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Opaque volume planes
by Tom Goddard 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Hi Jeff, The trouble obtaining opaque volume planes is not related to volume plane display being built into the volume dialog. It is related to a change I made in how transparency is handled in solid mode back in Aug 2007. Today I changed transparency in "solid" style volume rendering so it is easier to obtain completely opaque data planes. In tonight's builds (if they succeed, may not since we are switching to Python 2.5 today) you can obtain completely opaque volume planes by using the "Brightness and Transparency" panel of the volume dialog to set transparency to 0. This transparency value represents the fraction (0-1) of the depth of the volume required to produce opacity to the degree indicated by the height of the yellow curve on the histogram. In other words it modulates the overall transparency. But until today it was arbitrarily deciding not to modulate the transparency if this depth was less than one grid spacing. This meaning of the transparency factor was introduced in August 2007, and prior to that the transparency factor just scaled the opacity given by the yellow curve. Tom Jeff wrote: > hi Tom, > > in the older (plug-in) volume planes tool, I was able to generate > images that were opaque planes. I don't seem to be able to do this > anymore, even with transparency = 0. is there a way for me to do this > in the current Chimera?

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Split into models
by Sadler, Evan 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Recent email address change caused the first try to bounce, so I resent it. I've loaded a file (2rjp.pdb) with 4 chains and want to split it into 4 models so I can align them. But "split" returns: unrecognized command: "split" What am I doing wrong? Evan -- J. Evan Sadler, M.D., Ph.D. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Washington University 660 S. Euclid Ave., Box 8022 St. Louis, MO 63110 Tel: 314-362-9067 FAX: 314-454-3012 email: esadler(a)im.wustl.edu

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selection shadow is fixed
by jean-francois menetret 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Recompiling the driver for the graphical card took care of the "selection shadow" Jean-Fran�ois M�n�tret, PhD Boston University School of Medicine Physiology and Biophysics Department 700 Albany Street W315 Boston, MA 02118 Email: menetret(a)bu.edu Mailing address: 715 Albany Street On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, chimera-users-request(a)cgl.ucsf.edu wrote: > Send Chimera-users mailing list submissions to > chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chimera-users-request(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chimera-users-owner(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Chimera-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. selection shadow (jean-francois menetret) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:49:42 -0500 (EST) > From: jean-francois menetret <menetret(a)bu.edu> > Subject: [Chimera-users] selection shadow > To: chimera-users <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.63.0802110846190.146120(a)acsrs3.bu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="x-unknown" > > > I am using the latest nightly build installed on our linux machine. If I > select a PDB and move it around, the selection leaves a "shadow" behind > (see attached snapshot). > Thanks > > > > Jean-Fran?ois M?n?tret, PhD > Boston University School of Medicine > Physiology and Biophysics Department > 700 Albany Street W315 > Boston, MA 02118 > Email: menetret(a)bu.edu > Mailing address: 715 Albany Street >

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Dual display Mac problem moving Chimera window
by Tom Goddard 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Jeff reports that with 2 displays on Mac OS 10.5 the Chimera window gets stuck when being dragged from one display to the other. Fixed by updating X11. Jeff wrote: > hi Tom, > > I thought since you also have a MacBookPro you might know the answer > to this question - I just bought a 24" monitor to extend the display > on my MBP (running Leopard). for all my other applications, I am able > to drag the application window onto the adjacent desktop space that > now exists on the new monitor (am still using the screen on my laptop > as well). however, the chimera window "gets stuck" - after I launch > it, the window spawns on my laptop screen, and when I try to move it > onto the new monitor, it stops halfway and I can't drag it any further. > > is there a properties file or something that Chimera / X uses to set > the bounds on the desktop? I took a screenshot but it saved 2 separate > files (one for each screen); the new 24" screen is set up on the left > side of the MBP. > Jeff wrote: > hi Tom, > > I downloaded the latest X11 update from macosforge (xquartz project) > and this relieved the Chimera window location problem, am now able to > move the window onto my attached 24" screen. > > -Jeff >

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selection shadow
by jean-francois menetret 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

I am using the latest nightly build installed on our linux machine. If I select a PDB and move it around, the selection leaves a "shadow" behind (see attached snapshot). Thanks Jean-Fran�ois M�n�tret, PhD Boston University School of Medicine Physiology and Biophysics Department 700 Albany Street W315 Boston, MA 02118 Email: menetret(a)bu.edu Mailing address: 715 Albany Street

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split-map
by Gatsogiannis, Christos 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

Hello chimera team, is there any memory-limitation for the split-map tool? When i perform a segmentation of a density-map larger than ~100MB i always get a chimera-error. In order to perform the segmentation, i have to coarse the density-map with a factor of 2, as example in imagic, and then split-map works fine with the new map. The result is of course density maps with a lower resolution. My Linux-PC has 4GB of memory and my first thought was that this should be enough for the segmentation of the density map as example in 10 parts (10x100=1GB). Is there any way to circumvent this problem and perform the segmentation with the original map? Thanks Christos Gatsogiannis Christos Dipl.Biol. Cryo-EM Lab Institut for Zoology Johannes Gutenberg University 55128, Mainz Germany Tel: +49(0)6131-39-23091

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regd. DMS
by Vinay Kumar 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

Hello all, I had installed DMS previously. And recently upgraded my OS to fedora 8. When i try to recompile dms this is the following error i get. I did not face this the previous time!! could anyone guide me?? Regards Vinay Following is the error ----- [hpws@localhost dms]$ make cd libpdb ; make OPT="-O" make[1]: Entering directory `/home/hpws/dms/libpdb' cc -O -c -o pdb_read.o pdb_read.c pdb_read.c:25:20: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory pdb_read.c:26:20: error: ctype.h: No such file or directory pdb_read.c:27:21: error: string.h: No such file or directory In file included from pdb_int.h:20, from pdb_read.c:28: pdb.h:516: error: expected ')' before '*' token pdb.h:518: error: expected ')' before '*' token In file included from pdb_read.c:37: read_format.i:19: error: 'NULL' undeclared here (not in a function) In file included from pdb_read.c:45: pdbrun6_read.i:45: error: initializer element is not constant pdbrun6_read.i:45: error: (near initialization for 'pdbrun6[26]') pdbrun6_read.i:46: error: initializer element is not constant pdbrun6_read.i:46: error: (near initialization for 'pdbrun6[27]') pdbrun6_read.i:47: error: initializer element is not constant pdbrun6_read.i:47: error: (near initialization for 'pdbrun6[28]') pdbrun6_read.i:48: error: initializer element is not constant pdbrun6_read.i:48: error: (near initialization for 'pdbrun6[29]') pdb_read.c:59: error: expected ')' before '*' token pdb_read.c: In function 'pdb_read_string': pdb_read.c:304: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'memset' pdb_read.c:556: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'strncpy' pdb_read.c:913: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'sscanf' pdb_read.c:978: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'sscanf' pdb_read.c:992: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'sscanf' pdb_read.c:1027: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'sscanf' pdb_read.c:1047: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'sscanf' pdb_read.c:1076: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'sscanf' pdb_read.c:1094: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'sscanf' make[1]: *** [pdb_read.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hpws/dms/libpdb' make: *** [pdb] Error 2

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clipping: solids or interior surfaces
by Ian Yarbrough 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Hello, Is there any way to color the interior face of a surface (when exposed by clipping) a different color or shade than the outside surface? Or a way to show the interior as a volume instead of a cavity? Essentially I'm looking for the same thing as this fellow describes in his post on the following date: *Andrew Jewett* aij at physics.ucsb.edu <chimera-users%40cgl.ucsf.edu?Subject=%5BChimera-users%5D%20clipping%20%28interior%20surfaces%20and%20solids%29&In-Reply-To=Pine.LNX.4.44.0502252312570.5796-100000%40localhost.localdomain> *Mon Feb 28 16:56:34 PST 2005* http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2005-February/000287.html He describes it much more elegantly than I can. Was this feature was ever implemented? Thanks and cheers, Ian Yarbrough Texas A&M University Biochem/Biophysics Dept 832-858-9278

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locating models in maps by unit cell transformations
by Trevor Sewell 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Hi, It often turns out that the atomic model you create in O needs to be transformed by a crystallographic symmetry operation in order to fit into the map created by refmac. In O this is no problem because the map automatically covers the bit of model you put in the center of your screen. However this does not seem to happen in Chimera. Is there an easy way to make the map cover the model (i.e. without working out what the transformation is and then creating a transformed pdb file)? Many thanks Trevor

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using IDLE
by Ben Keshet 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Hi, I am interested in performing the same actions several times on several different structures. For example: open a file, select the histidines, delete them, save and close. Is IDLE the right tool for that? I opened the python shell (Tools-> General Controls-> IDLE) but could not open files or manipulate them using the shell. I have no knowledge in python. What is the best way to write scripts to execute commands repeatedly? If IDLE is the tool, how can use it to do that? Is there a written source for that? Do I need to master python first? Many thanks, Ben

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