There is also a “rotate selected models” mouse mode, with icon that looks like a selected water molecule with a curved arrow around it. The icon described in the previous message is for “translate selected models.” Elaine
On Nov 29, 2017, at 9:39 AM, Elaine Meng meng@cgl.ucsf.edu wrote:
Dear Gabor, It’s a reasonable question! To do this in ChimeraX isn’t exactly the same as in Chimera, but similar…
For moving by hand: There is a mouse mode to move only the model(s) with some part selected. For example, if you click the icon in the "mouse-modes for right button” toolbar (default location down the left side of the ChimeraX window) that looks like a selected water molecule with a horizontal arrow below it, then the right mouse button will move only model(s) with some part selected. The right-button mouse-mode icons are described here: http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/mousemodes.html
A touchpad or single-button mouse can be used with modifier keys to emulate middle and right mouse buttons. On a Mac, these are alt and command, respectively.
You can also assign a different button (left or middle) to this function if you prefer, using the “mousemode” command: http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/mousemode.html
For moving with commands: The commands “move” “turn” and “roll” have a “models” option for specifying the model(s) to move, e.g. http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/turn.html
I hope this helps, Elaine
Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Nov 29, 2017, at 2:10 AM, Gabor PAPAI papai@igbmc.fr wrote:
Dear ChimeraX developers,
I have a very naive question: how can I activate models selectively, like in Chimera? I would like to superimpose a density map with a pdb, but I don’t find how I can only activate and move the pdb. Thank you in advance for your help!
Best regards, Gabor