Hi Do-Nyun, Chimera does not write volume data in any ascii file format. Text formats are much slower to read the files are much larger so EM maps are almost always in binary. It is not hard to read the MRC/CCP4 binary formats. Here is the specification. http://ami.scripps.edu/software/mrctools/mrc_specification.php You can use some Python code in Chimera to dump maps as text files. If there is a strong reason for doing that let me know and I'll provide some example code. Tom -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Chimera-users] save map as ascii From: Do-Nyun Kim <kingddo@mit.edu> To: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu Date: 7/20/09 1:33 PM
Dear Chimera staff,
I'm trying to get the map density data like voxel coordinates and density values at each voxel from .map files in EM database.
Is there any way to get these data using Chimera?
Or can I save it as an ascii file such that I can read it? All map files seem to be saved as binary files.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best regards, Do-Nyun Kim.