No, but you can just use "pbond" instead with "showDist true" mentioned in my previous message. You can see all the options of a command (distance, etc.) in the User Guide page, simply click the command link in the Log. In this copy on our website, you can see that "distance" does not have a "name" option: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/distance.html> It is more of a pain but if you really wanted to use "distance" for some reason, you could create a bunch of distances with that command, which always makes a model named "distances"... and then rename their model (see Models panel for the model number) to something else, and then resume using "distance" again to make a new "distances" model, etc. etc. <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/rename.html> I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Jun 9, 2026, at 10:37 AM, Kai Cai via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Thank you Elaine. That works. Can similar actions be done with the 'distance' command? Best, KaiFrom: Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu> Sent: Monday, June 8, 2026 3:40 PM To: Kai Cai <Kai.Cai@UTSouthwestern.edu> Cc: chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] Create pbonds or distances in different groups Hi Kai, If you're using the "pbond" command, you can specify option "name model-name" and each different model name creates a separate model. (This command also has a "showDist" option to label with the distance.) <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/command...>
If you're opening a pbond file, each file will create a separate model. <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/pseudob...>
I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Jun 8, 2026, at 8:40 AM, Kai Cai via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi ChimeraX Community, When I create pseudobonds or distance measurements between atoms in ChimeraX, all of the pseudobonds/distances are grouped together. Is there a way to organize them into separate groups or subgroups so that I can modify their properties (e.g., color, radius, labels) independently? Thanks for your help. Best, Kai UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today._
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