You could install the OpenCommands bundle from the toolshed (Tools→More Tools…) to run any commands you like after a structure is opened, so that way you could customize the display as desired.

On Jan 26, 2026, at 8:31 AM, Pranav Shah via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi Team,
I prefer to view my models represented in the classic ribbon-style. Is
there a way I can make this a default behaviour in chimerax when
opening an mmcif/pdb file?
Best,
Pranav
--
Pranav Shah
Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Division of Structural Biology,
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
University of Oxford,
Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN,
UK
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