Hi Arthur, A couple more things regarding the ChimeraX user interface.
Firstly, we do intend to have menus, they just haven’t been added yet. Realize that it took over a decade to build up the rich menu interface in Chimera! ChimeraX is still in alpha releases.
Secondly, the icon toolbars across the top provide several common functions each in a single click. When you click them, the corresponding command is shown in the Log, which may help people learn the commands. Just be careful not to click them when you don’t want to execute some function!
The molecule display and graphics icons are explained in the following help pages: http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/moldisplay.html http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/graphics.html
Best, Elaine ---------- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco