Hi Michael, Yes, that's the way to do it: "align" and then rotate 90 degrees. <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/align.html> Best, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Jan 9, 2021, at 9:46 AM, Michael Elbaum <michael.elbaum@weizmann.ac.il> wrote:
Hi Elaine and Tom,
Thanks for your suggestions. They were very helpful. A combination of the meshmol and align and the "old way" works well. There is still an arbitrary rotation in the visible plane. (Is there an align command that works along the x axis rather than the line of sight?) To take care of that I choose two "atoms" along an orthogonal axis, align those, and then if necessary 'turn y 90'. It's not automatic but seems to be precise.
best wishes, Michael