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heavy black awful nuisance grid
by Barry Lever 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

AS a new user of Chimera, I apologize for asking what , for many of you, is probably a trivial question.... initially when using Chimera ,creating an image (using pseudobond Reader) and then saving an image file, (save image) all worked well, but in the last couple of days, every time I save an image file in whatever mode (png, tif, jpg etc), I get my image with a heavy black grid across it.(and on two different computers). I am using Chimera 1.254. Is there a simple fix- it feels like a conflict. I attach one of the images Thanks for your help (Windows XP, SP3) Barry -- A. B. P. Lever Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus Chemistry, CB124, York University 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ont., Canada M3J 1P3 Tel:416-736-2100 x22309 Fax: 416-736-5936 http://www.chem.yorku.ca/profs/lever

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solaris version
by o.h.weiergraeber＠fz-juelich.de 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

A question to the chimera developers: Having used chimera for several years on IRIX and Linux machines, we can say it is maybe the most useful tool available for molecular visualization and related purposes. However, most important (freeware) packages in the field of x-ray crystallography have also become available as Solaris(x86) versions over the past few years. In my opinion it is quite an attractive platform mainly because it avoids all the confusions and incompatibilities arising from the multitude of distributions in the Linux world. Thanks to the overall conceptual similarity to Linux compilation should (in principle) not run into tremendous problems. I would try myself, but the source code available is not complete afaik :( So, are there plans for a Solaris version of chimera in the near future? In previous discussions on this mailing list I found there are even some Solaris-related comments in the source code ;) Greetings Oliver ------------------------------- Dr. Oliver H. Weiergraeber Institute of Neurosciences and Biophysics Molecular Biophysics Research Centre Juelich D-52425 Juelich Germany Phone: +49-2461-612028 Fax: +49-2461-612020 ------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir'in Baerbel Brumme-Bothe Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr. Harald Bolt, Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------

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Pyrazine problem
by Francesco Pietra 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Hi: I am dealing with pyrazine compunds in view of docking with DOCK6. The two nitrogens proved problematic for Chimera so that, to simplify, I tried with pyrazine itself, getting the same problems. I used for getting the pdb the MM package I am familiar with: 1. draw benzene, 2. replace two para carbons with N, 3. replace the H on N with a lone pair. The two nitrogens are now indicated of MM3 (or MMX) type 37 (-N=C-/PYR (DELOCALIZED). The charge on the nitrogens is 0.15, on the lone pairs -0.21, on carbon 0.14, on H 0.04. Save as pdb, load to Chimera, then Tools, Structure editing .. Add charge, it results total charge -2. In fact, commanding addH adds a hydrogen to each nitrogen and the resulting molecule is neutral, while it should be +2. If in Chimera I save the loaded pdb as mol2, the two nitrogens result of Tripos type N.pl3, i.e., trigonal planar nitrogen, which is the wrong type. Naively, I replaced N.pl3 with N.ar (aromatic nitrogen) in the mol2.file, getting the same results on reloading the mol2. So the two packages, MM and Chimera are internally consistent but (for the first time in my experience with both packages) they are not mutually consistent. I tried to build pyrazine atom-by-atom, getting the same results. Attached is the pdb and the mol2. When opening the pdb, Chimera says: "Ignored bad pdb record found on line 26"; actually there are fewer than 26 lines. Thanks for help francesco pietra

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Re: [Chimera-users] rotational/translational shift from reference structure
by Elaine Meng 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

On Sep 15, 2008, at 3:13 AM, julien(GWDG) wrote: > > I wanted to know if there is a way in chimera to get the same > information as the shortcut ai but for small molecule. > When I use "ai" with small molecule I get the message : "not enough > back bone atoms", which is normal because there is no back bone atom > and because the molecule is small. > But I have a rigid docking of one ligand and I would like to see > what is the rotation components (rotation matrix) between the > different pose. Of course one could just do it by a small C++ script > but if chimera has it already implemented it would be easier for us. > > Thank you for your support and your nice soft. > > many greetings > > Julien > Hi Julien, Thanks for the compliments! There are commands to do a similar thing, although not in one step. The "match" command will fit the specified atoms and give an RMSD. Unlike the ai shortcut, it moves one structure onto the other. <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/match.html> Then you can use the "matrixget" command to report the transformations of the structures. However, note this reports the total transformation: all movements that have been applied, not just what happened in the fitting step. To get only the fitting transformation, you would first need to "reset" the reference structure so it is untransformed, then "match" the other structure onto it, then use "matrixget." <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/reset.html> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/matrixset.html> For example, using two different structures with FAD: open 1f3p open 2npx focus preset apply int 1 reset match #1:fad #0:fad matrixget - Don't move anything around by hand between "reset" and "matrixget"! The last command sends the matrix info to the Reply Log. In this case the atoms in FAD are ordered and named consistently, so I could simply use the residue name in the match command. If you only wanted to use certain atoms, or if the atoms were not ordered and named consistently, you would have to give the atom names in the match command. I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

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Re: [Chimera-users] trouble installing linux i386 executable
by Eric Pettersen 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Hi Blake, I've certainly had problems that "solved themselves" like that. :-) I hope further use of Chimera is less mysterious! --Eric On Sep 15, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Blake Mertz wrote: > Eric, > > Thanks much for looking into that for me -- actually, I came back to > my machine the next morning, ran the install command exactly as > specified on the website, and it ran this time. I swear I wasn't > hallucinating when I sent that message, so thanks again for taking > the time. I'm definitely looking forward to using Chimera, as a > former student in our research group had nothing but good things to > say about it. Talk to you soon. > > Blake > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Eric Pettersen <pett(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > wrote: > Hi Blake, > _Seems_ like it should work. Running from the directory with the > Chimera installer, what is the output of the following commands: > > df . > sudo pwd > sudo ls -l > sudo ls -ld . > sudo ls -ld .. > > --Eric > > Eric Pettersen > UCSF Computer Graphics Lab > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu > > > On Sep 10, 2008, at 2:33 PM, Blake Mertz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My name is Blake, and I'm a postdoc at the U. of Arizona. I'm >> starting >> to use Chimera after using Pymol for a long time, but have had >> trouble >> getting it installed. After downloading the .exe file and changing it >> to an executable, here is the error message I get: >> >> blake@omega:~/Desktop$ ls -l chimera-1.2540-linux.exe >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 blake blake 97898302 2008-09-10 14:12 chimera-1.2540- >> linux.exe >> blake@omega:~/Desktop$ sudo ./chimera-1.2540-linux.exe >> [sudo] password for blake: >> sudo: unable to execute ./chimera-1.2540-linux.exe: No such file or >> directory >> >> There has to be something obvious I'm missing here, correct? I'm >> running Ubuntu v. 8.04, if that helps. Thanks, and talk to you soon. >> >> Blake >> >> -- >> Research Assistant >> Department of Chemistry >> University of Arizona >> >> "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have >> perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe >> that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be >> attained." Marie Curie >> _______________________________________________ >> Chimera-users mailing list >> Chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu >> http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users > > > > > -- > Research Assistant > Department of Chemistry > University of Arizona > > "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have > perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe > that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be > attained." Marie Curie

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trouble installing linux i386 executable
by Blake Mertz 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Hi, My name is Blake, and I'm a postdoc at the U. of Arizona. I'm starting to use Chimera after using Pymol for a long time, but have had trouble getting it installed. After downloading the .exe file and changing it to an executable, here is the error message I get: blake@omega:~/Desktop$ ls -l chimera-1.2540-linux.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 blake blake 97898302 2008-09-10 14:12 chimera-1.2540-linux.exe blake@omega:~/Desktop$ sudo ./chimera-1.2540-linux.exe [sudo] password for blake: sudo: unable to execute ./chimera-1.2540-linux.exe: No such file or directory There has to be something obvious I'm missing here, correct? I'm running Ubuntu v. 8.04, if that helps. Thanks, and talk to you soon. Blake -- Research Assistant Department of Chemistry University of Arizona "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." Marie Curie

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(Thermal ellipsoids) anisotropic temperature factor ellipsoids
by David Chenoweth 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Dear Chimera team, Does Chimera have the ability to display anisotropic temperature factor ellipsoids and if not can this feature be added? Thanks in advance, Dave Chenoweth ********************************************** David M. Chenoweth California Institute of Technology Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Mail Code: 164-30 1200 California Boulevard, 91125 Pasadena California, USA Phone: 626-395-6074 Email: dchen(a)caltech.edu **********************************************

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Crash with Intel graphics on Windows fixed
by Greg Couch 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

We have been seeing a large number of bug reports from Windows laptops with Intel graphics (both XP and Vista, as well as desktop systems) with the lastest chimera production release, 1.2540. The symptoms include, but are not limited to, jumbled surface triangles, incorrect lighting, "unable to share data" errors, wglMakeCurrent failures, "pure virtual function called", and the inability to exit chimera. The bug has been isolated to the Intel graphics driver and a workaround has been added to chimera. The fixed version of chimera is available today in the Daily Builds section on the chimera website, <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/alpha-downloads.html>. Greg Couch UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

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grid across graphic
by Barry Lever 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

AS a new user of Chimera, I apologize for asking what , for many of you, is probably a trivial question.... initially when using Chimera ,creating an image (using pseudobond Reader) and then saving an image file, (save image) all worked well, but in the last couple of days, every time I save an image file in whatever mode (png, tif, jpg etc), I get my image with a heavy black grid across it.(and on two different computers). I am using Chimera 1.254. Is there a simple fix- it feels like a conflict. Thanks for your help (Windows XP, SP3) a low resolution example is appended Barry -- A B P Lever Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus York University, Chemistry CB124 4700 Keele St., Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 Tel: 416-736-2100 x22309 Fax: 416-736-5936 http://www.chem.yorku.ca/profs/lever

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rotational/translational shift from reference structure
by KATRYNA CISEK 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Dear Chimera developer, I would like to analyze a set of dimer structures based on a reference dimer structure. Unfortunately a simple RMSD calculation does not capture the translational/rotational shift that occurs. Is it possible to extract a plane of rotation and degree of rotation between two structures in chimera? Thanks, Katryna

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