Hi Caroline,

The fact that the "atoms" option of the move command does not work when you specify a number of frames is a bug. It will be fixed in tomorrow's daily build and ChimeraX 1.7 release candidate.

Tom

> On Nov 30, 2023, at 10:42 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear Caroline,
> I'm not sure why your command
>
>> move x -1 10 atoms /A; move x 1 10 atoms /B
>
> doesn't work... maybe there is a bug in the parsing of this syntax, or maybe the documentation needs to be revised. We will need to take a look at that.
>
> However, you can accomplish this gradual translation of the two chains in opposite directions by combining "move" with "perframe." I tested the following in ChimeraX 1.6 just now and it works:
>
> perframe "move x 1 atoms /A; move x -1 atoms /B" frames 10
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
>> On Nov 30, 2023, at 4:43 AM, Caroline Stone (JIC) via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Dear ChimeraX team and list subscribers,
>>
>> I am making a little movie to show a complex of two proteins, but am stuck on individual movements of chain /A and /B.
>>
>> If I use the move command, chain /A and /B both move independently, away from each other:
>> move x -10 atoms /A; move x 10 atoms /B
>>
>> However, if I attempt to do the same movement by going -1 or +1 over a series of 10 frames, I no longer get any movement of /A and /B.
>> move x -1 10 atoms /A; move x 1 10 atoms /B
>>
>> I can achieve movement over a number of frames, but both chains move although I tried to specify only /A. I did this based on "move axis [ distance [ frames ]]".
>> move x -1 10 atoms /A
>>
>> I feel I might be on the right track because when I use turn, I am able to trigger simultaneous independent rotation of /A and /B around their own axes (thank you for this feature by the way, last time I wondered about this it wasn't possible).
>> cofr /A; turn y -1 90 atoms /A; cofr /B; turn y 1 90 atoms /B
>>
>> My ultimate goal is to open the binding interface up a bit like opening a book.
>> I suppose I could achieve a similar effect by setting the centre of rotation for each chain behind, rather than within - if independent movement over a series of frames isn't possible, I might experiment with that.
>>
>> I updated to version 1.6 and searched the list, but I still see this behaviour with the move command. Perhaps I am missing something basic?
>>
>> Thank you for any pointers you might be able to share!
>> Caroline
>
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