Hi Darrell, You need to use the multiscale coloring command "msc". Here's an example using Chimera commands (Favorites / Command Line): open viperID:1p58 color blue :86.A msc #1 :86.A 15 The first command opens a dengue virus model from the VIPERdb database. Then I color residue 86 of chain A blue. That just colors the atoms of the residue not the surface. Then the msc command colors the multiscale surfaces (model identifier #1 seen in Favorites / Model Panel) making the surface color match the blue of residue 86 within 15 Angstroms of that residue. After I open the model and before coloring it I can change its resolution by pressing the Select All button at the top of the Multiscale dialog, then change the Resolution value in the middle of that dialog and press Resurface. A resolution value of 0 will make very high resolution solvent excluded molecular surfaces. The lighting effects will look better on lower resolution surfaces (e.g. 5 Angstroms). I've attached an example image. Tom Darrell Hurt wrote:
I may have to use the Multiscale Coloring command tool that is not distributed with Chimera as documented here:
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/experimental/multiscale_color/msc.html
This seems to work well.
Darrell
------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From: *Darrell Hurt <darrellh@niaid.nih.gov> *Date: *Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:46:16 -0400 *To: *<chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> *Conversation: *MultiScale.color_surfaces_to_match_atoms() and MultiScale mesh resolution ??? *Subject: *MultiScale.color_surfaces_to_match_atoms() and MultiScale mesh resolution ???
Hi there,
I’m trying to use the command MultiScale.color_surfaces_to_match_atoms(). I want to point out a mutation on the surface of a virus. I can color the atoms correctly, but I can’t figure out how to apply that color to the MultiScale low-resolution surface. Any hints on how to use this command?
Also, how can I increase the mesh resolution on MultiScale surfaces for input for 3D printing?
Thanks!
Darrell
