using a surface as a mask for a volume
Hi. I have a volume (EM tomography data) which I display together with a surface. I'd like to use that surface to mask away the volume elements that lie outside the surface boundary. Is it possible to define and display a restricted region this way? It's similar to Segment Map but without the segmentation step. thanks, Michael
Hi Michael, Certainly, you can just use the “mask” command to create a new map masked by the surface: <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/mask.html> I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Feb 11, 2019, at 7:32 AM, Michael Elbaum <michael.elbaum@weizmann.ac.il> wrote:
Hi. I have a volume (EM tomography data) which I display together with a surface. I'd like to use that surface to mask away the volume elements that lie outside the surface boundary. Is it possible to define and display a restricted region this way? It's similar to Segment Map but without the segmentation step. thanks, Michael
Of course - silly me. I looked in the Volume Viewer Tools and didn't check the commands. Works like a charm. Michael ________________________________________ From: Elaine Meng [meng@cgl.ucsf.edu] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 18:53 To: Michael Elbaum Cc: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu BB Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] using a surface as a mask for a volume Hi Michael, Certainly, you can just use the “mask” command to create a new map masked by the surface: <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/mask.html> I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Feb 11, 2019, at 7:32 AM, Michael Elbaum <michael.elbaum@weizmann.ac.il> wrote:
Hi. I have a volume (EM tomography data) which I display together with a surface. I'd like to use that surface to mask away the volume elements that lie outside the surface boundary. Is it possible to define and display a restricted region this way? It's similar to Segment Map but without the segmentation step. thanks, Michael
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