You need to use name frozen test sel which will set test to be the currently selected atoms. In your example you used name test sel which just sets the name test to be the name "sel". So later when you use it uses "sel" and since nothing is selected. This "name frozen" versus "name" command is confusing. Tom
On Jan 22, 2026, at 5:21 PM, Timothy Springer via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
I cant get my named selections to work. Here is an example. select <> #1/V:80@CD2 1 atom, 1 residue, 1 model selected name <> test sel select clear <> select <> test Nothing selected
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