Hi,
I was searching for a Chimera function that did this very same thing, but found nothing, so I created a little script to do that from the terminal. I know this is old, but maybe somebody finds it useful after all!
Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra Pedregal
Molecular modeling of transition metal systems group
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences
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