Unless I'm misunderstanding something, isn't it just:

Select->Structure->side chain/base->without CA/C1'
Actions->Atoms/Bonds->delete

or, as a command:

del without CA/C1'

--Eric

                        Eric Pettersen

                        UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

                        http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu

On Nov 4, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Matthew Dougherty wrote:

I have a session that someone has given me.  It consists of 24  
monomers in two states, each monomer colored differently.
In the model panel I see only two IDs.

I need to do a morph showing just the ribbons.

Because the overall number of atoms is quite large, I want to strip  
off the side chains in order to reduce the computation.

Is there an easy way to do this?
Or do I have to go back to individual monomers, strip off the side  
chains, recolor, and recombine them, before morphing?

thanks, Matt
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