Hi Joel, The trouble is ChimeraX does not recompute map surfaces until they are displayed, and during a script they are not displayed. Adding the command "volume #2 calculateSurface true" will fix it: close all open map.mrc turn x 90 volume erase #1 center 175,160,314 radius 100 outside true volume #2 calculateSurface true surface dust #2 size 40 This is really cryptic. I'll see if I can make ChimeraX calculate the volume surfaces immediately when it is running in a script. The calculateSurfaces option is described in the documentation but you would never know to look for it. https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html#calculateS... Tom
On Apr 7, 2020, at 7:09 AM, Joel Meyerson <jrm2008@med.cornell.edu> wrote:
Hi, I am observing inconsistent behavior in the ‘surface dust’ command. When I launch ChimeraX and execute the following commands one-by-one at the command line everything works as expected. However, if I place the commands in a cxc script, then double click the script ChimeraX launches and the script executes, but the ‘surface dust’ command does not hide the dust. In addition, within that same session I can then enter the ‘surface dust’ command manually and it works as expected. I’m running ChimeraX Daily 0.93 (2020-04-04) on Mac OS 10.15.1.
Do you know why the command is not working inside a script?
close all open map.mrc turn x 90 volume erase #1 center 175,160,314 radius 100 outside true surface dust #2 size 40
Thanks for the help. Joel _______________________________________________ ChimeraX-users mailing list ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> Manage subscription: http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimerax-users <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimerax-users>