UCSF ChimeraX version 1.7 has been released!
ChimeraX includes user documentation and is free for noncommercial use.
Download for Windows, Linux, and MacOS from:
https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/download.html
Updates since version 1.6 (May 2023) include:
New graphical interfaces:
- Fetch By ID
- Map Filter
- Adjust Torsions (new section in Build Structure)
- Adjust Angles defined by three atoms (also in Build Structure)
Open command options to:
- specify model number
- combine incoming session with existing session
- designate map as difference map (show +/-contours automatically)
- fetch by IUPAC name (also in Build Structure tool)
- fetch EMDB map + fit structures
Mouse mode updates:
- new mouse mode to center the view on the clicked item
- better separation of trackpad multitouch zoom and rotate
- Z-translation by additionally pressing Ctrl in a translation mouse mode
Other:
- invert selection with left/right arrow keys
- mcopy command to copy settings from one atomic structure to another
- save GLTF options to cull backfaces, omit per-vertex colors, omit normals
- volume defaultvalues command to set defaults for subsequently opened maps
- info command saveFile option (list selection, attribute values, etc.)
- opening docking results automatically starts ViewDockX
- button to save Blast Protein results to TSV
For details, please see the ChimeraX change log:
https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/trac/ChimeraX/wiki/ChangeLog
On behalf of the team,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
