Hello John,

What I did to configure Chimera on my Linux box was to go into Favorites->Preferences.

In the window that opens, choose New Molecules from the drop-down box Category. You

can then play with the options there; for what you need, I guess set ribbon display off,

atom style as ball, bond style as stick. And maybe also turn off the smart initial display.

Hope this helps,

Tim

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Beale, John <John.Beale@stlcop.edu> wrote:

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I have a new installation of Chimera on a Linux box. I am working with a protein/nucleic acid complex. When I start the program with “chimera file.pdb” the ribbon representation of the structure is shown. Also, a plank representation of the nucleic acid is shown.  I have to hide the ribbon and select “Actions -> Atoms/Bonds -> Show” to see the atoms. Can someone tell me how to change the startup options so that the ribbon and planks are not automatically generated and that the atoms/bonds are shown by default?

 

Thanks!

 

John

 

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Saint Louis College of Pharmacy

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