Hi Oli, There aren't "New Molecules" preferences (like Chimera has) in ChimeraX currently, sorry. Maybe one of the programmers can advise on how to hard-wire it into the code. For the non-programmers: You can use "open" with "autoStyle false" to avoid the automatic styling of atomic structures, but then they just come up as white spheres. Automatic styling rules: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/autostyle.html> You can make a custom preset but you would still need to choose it from the menu or apply it via command in a separate step. So probably not any more convenient than making an alias and then using the alias. Presets and user-defined presets: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/menu.html#presets> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/preferences.html#startup> Aliases: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/alias.html> Cheers, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Sep 1, 2023, at 3:15 PM, Oliver Clarke via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi,
Is there anyway to set default preferences for molecule display? Currently it seems to vary (I think?) based on the number of atoms in the model - so relatively small proteins will load as ribbons, while larger ones will load in sphere representation.
I would rather set a default such that all molecules load as ribbons, rainbow colored by chain. Is this possible?
Cheers Oli