Hello! Can the default element colors be changed easily and if so, how? Thank you, Tom
Hi Thomas, It is easy to do so with a series of colordef commands, where the name of the color being defined is an element symbol. For example: colordef C green colordef Zn hot pink If you have a very recent daily build, you can also specify colors with R,G,B components or as a Tk color code: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/colordef.html> List of color names: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/colortables.html> Subsequent coloring by element will use those colors. The definitions are saved in session files, but if you want them to apply in all later uses of Chimera (not necessarily starting from a saved session), make a Chimera command file, simply a text file including all those commands. Then, in the preferences (Favorites... Preferences, Command Line category, only shown when you are showing the Command Line), specify the command file as a "file to read at startup", which actually means as soon as the Command Line is shown. To make the Command Line always shown when you start Chimera, change to the Tools category of preferences and check the "Auto Start" column for the Command Line tool. I hope this helps, Elaine On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:57 AM, Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Mitterfellner wrote:
Hello! Can the default element colors be changed easily and if so, how? Thank you, Tom
Some additional clarification: Opening a Chimera command file executes the commands in it, so you could simply open the file every time you wanted to set up those element colors. *.com or *.cmd is the standard filename extension for a Chimera command file. <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/ indexcommand.html#cmdfile> Using the Command Line preferences as described in my previous message is just a way to avoid having to open it yourself every time. If you do change preferences, remember to click Save in each category (Command Line, Tools) to make them apply to future uses of Chimera. Elaine On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Elaine Meng wrote:
Hi Thomas, It is easy to do so with a series of colordef commands, where the name of the color being defined is an element symbol. For example:
colordef C green colordef Zn hot pink
If you have a very recent daily build, you can also specify colors with R,G,B components or as a Tk color code: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/colordef.html>
List of color names: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/colortables.html>
Subsequent coloring by element will use those colors. The definitions are saved in session files, but if you want them to apply in all later uses of Chimera (not necessarily starting from a saved session), make a Chimera command file, simply a text file including all those commands. Then, in the preferences (Favorites... Preferences, Command Line category, only shown when you are showing the Command Line), specify the command file as a "file to read at startup", which actually means as soon as the Command Line is shown. To make the Command Line always shown when you start Chimera, change to the Tools category of preferences and check the "Auto Start" column for the Command Line tool.
I hope this helps, Elaine
On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:57 AM, Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Mitterfellner wrote:
Hello! Can the default element colors be changed easily and if so, how? Thank you, Tom
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