Hi SL, If you want to specify elevation 60 degrees and azimuth 110 degrees start with the map in the initial position when opened and use the turn command turn z -110 turn x -30 The initial position has the map z axis pointing out of the screen, the x axis to the right, and the y axis vertical on the screen. The turn command rotates relative to the screen axes so the first command does a z rotation rotates about the map z axis (which is aligned with the screen z axis), and the second command tilts relative to the screen x axis — since the initial elevation is 90 degrees (looking down at the north pole of the map, to get down to 60 degrees elevation I rotate by 30 = 90-60 degrees. To reset to the initial view use the reset command: reset Tom

On Apr 10, 2017, at 5:55 PM, hy liao <hl_random@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi,

How can I specify the elevation and the azimuth angles to view my density map on chimera?

In Matplotlib, one can specify the elevation and azimuth, so I was hoping chimera can do something similar that is based on INPUT ANGLES and not having to get involved with tedious transformation matrices and such.

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