Hi,

Instead of using chimera sessions (which can get very big) to save my work when preparing figures for publications, I save all my commands in a .cxc file to be read by chimeraX later. Is there a single command that outputs all the necessary information in an appropriate format needed to restore a view?

Currently what I have done is alias myview view matrix; zoom to output the information into the log, but the output needs to be re-formatted whenever I want to use that information with the view matrix and zoom commands. Is there a command that outputs that information in a format ready for copying and pasting?

I know name view can partially fulfil what I am looking for, but it is only session specific.

On a related note, I want to also restore the clipping for each figure/panel I create, but I don't seem to be using the clip command appropriately. For example, if I enter the command clip list, and the output is Using 2 clip planes: far -34.697, near -45.723, executing the command clip far -34.697 near -45.723 does not restore the same view. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

Yazan