HI Woorim Choi, Sorry no, Chimera does not have molecule creation by hand-drawing. It does not have random structure generation either. Sincerely, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Sep 9, 2019, at 9:55 AM, Woorim Choi <woolim@gist.ac.kr> wrote:
Dear Chimera My name is Woorim. In Chimera, I want to draw the random position of DNA. It is possible?
And is it possible to input random x,y,z coordinate for the drawing?
And I want to know whether the coding command or command function is supported or not.
Thank you
Sincerely,
Woorim Choi
--------- 원본 메일 --------- 보낸사람 : "Damien Larivière" <damien@fourmentinguilbert.org> 받는사람 : Woorim Choi <woolim@gist.ac.kr>, <info@lifeexplorer.eu> 받은날짜 : 2019년 Sep 9일(Mon) 16:18:40 제목 : Re: Molecule drawing problem Dear Woorim,
Thanks for using the GraphiteLifeExplorer software.
This is a common issue, I guess, you are facing.
Once the software is launched, you have this blue screen which is empty. What you have done so far is to create your DNA molecule directly from this empty space. Before creating any DNA molecule, you first must open a PDB file, the one you want, or a previous DNA model. Once the molecule corresponding to the PDB file is displayed, then you can start drawing your DNA trace and display it as an atomic model. Once your DNA molecule is rendered as an atomic model you can delete the molecule corresponding to the PDB file you opened in first instance. The reason for doing this way is that the default width of the blue screen at the start is less than the length of 1 base pair (and the software must display 1 bp at least). Opening a PDB file adjusts automatically the width of the screen. We should have corrected this issue by fixing a default width at the start.
This is explained here (jump to the section "Starting DNA modeling from scratch: What you must be aware of"): http://www.lifeexplorer.info/tutorials/getting-started/
Let us know if it is OK now. I am also interested in what you plan to do with the tool. Best,
Damien
Le 08/09/2019 à 17:11, Woorim Choi a écrit :
Dear Life explorer,
My name is Woorim. I follow the tutorial for drawing DNA molecule. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9db1hXZARoo However, I cant see the molecules.( I have attached my setting) Furthermore, can I get an old version of the SW like the link?
Thank you
Sincerely,
Woorim Choi