rotation by a set angle

Hi, I am trying to make a figure of my EM fit at different orientations. Is it possible to rotate the molecule/map by a certain angle so I know exactly the rotation between views? Thanks in advance, - Eva

Hi Eva, You can perform a rotation of a specified number of degrees about the X, Y, or Z axes using the command "turn" - however, these are the "laboratory" axes (X horizontal in plane of screen, Y vertical in plane of screen, Z normal to screen) and not necessarily the data axes, unless you align them by clicking the Orient button on Volume Viewer before issuing the command. Man page for "turn" http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/docs/UsersGuide/midas/turn.html I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng@cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html On Feb 5, 2007, at 1:55 PM, Eva Vanamee wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to make a figure of my EM fit at different orientations. Is it possible to rotate the molecule/map by a certain angle so I know exactly the rotation between views? Thanks in advance,
- Eva
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Hi Eva, You can use the Chimera turn command to rotate models by a fixed angle. For example, turn y 30 Rotates all active models about the screen vertical axis by 30 degrees. To type a command you first need to display the Chimera command line using menu entry Favorites / Command Line. Then you type the command in the entry field at the bottom of the main Chimera window. Here is more info about "turn": http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/turn.html Tom
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