Hi Tim, You need to use the command "name frozen" instead of just "name". The command "name inter2A sel" just makes inter2A a synonym for the text "sel". So later if you deselect everything and say "select inter2A" it won't select anything because that just translates into "select sel". But if you instead used "name frozen inter2A sel" then the inter2A is associated with the specific atoms that were selected at the time the command is run and later no matter what is selected "select inter2A" will select those previously defined atoms. This is confusing. The case when you would use name instead of name frozen is something like "name s4helix /A:124-137". Tom
On Jan 16, 2026, at 2:46 PM, Timothy Springer via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi, I am trying to select multiple interactions and include them in a single named selection. Is there a better way than this?
select zone #2/A 3.6 #2 residues true; name inter2A sel select zone #2/B 3.6 #2 residues true; name inter2B sel name inter2all inter2A | inter2B This does not seem to work for me and when I try to show the selection select <> inter2all it says Nothing selected
I got something similar to work for hbonds
hbonds #2/A restrict #2/B-G color black name hbond_inter2 hbonds #2/B restrict #2/C-G color black name hbond_inter2 hbonds #2/C restrict #2/D-G color black name hbond_inter2 hbonds #2/D restrict #2/E-G color black name hbond_inter2 hbonds #2/E restrict #2/F-G color black name hbond_inter2 hbonds #2/F restrict #2/G color black name hbond_inter2
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