This may be trivial but the answer eludes me. In a given example, I’ve been selecting residues, set the style and deselect. Then select the bound ligand and again set a different style for it, for example size stickRadius 0.3. Somehow, the 0.3 radius translates to previously selected ligands. Thank you
Hi George, How are you changing the radius? Using the "size" command? If you don't specify "sel" in the command it will apply to everything: size stickRadius 0.3 ... applies to everything. size sel stickRadius 0.3 ... applies to current selection. Within a single atomic model, different bonds can have different stick radii, but a single “stick” radius is used for all singletons (single atom without bonds) and will be adjusted if any singleton in that model is specified. <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/size.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 Feb 4, 2026, at 7:58 AM, George Tzotzos via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
This may be trivial but the answer eludes me. In a given example, I’ve been selecting residues, set the style and deselect. Then select the bound ligand and again set a different style for it, for example size stickRadius 0.3. Somehow, the 0.3 radius translates to previously selected ligands.
Thank you
Many thanks Elaine. Grateful George
On 4 Feb 2026, at 16:51, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi George, How are you changing the radius? Using the "size" command? If you don't specify "sel" in the command it will apply to everything:
size stickRadius 0.3
... applies to everything.
size sel stickRadius 0.3
... applies to current selection. Within a single atomic model, different bonds can have different stick radii, but a single “stick” radius is used for all singletons (single atom without bonds) and will be adjusted if any singleton in that model is specified.
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/size.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 Feb 4, 2026, at 7:58 AM, George Tzotzos via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
This may be trivial but the answer eludes me. In a given example, I’ve been selecting residues, set the style and deselect. Then select the bound ligand and again set a different style for it, for example size stickRadius 0.3. Somehow, the 0.3 radius translates to previously selected ligands.
Thank you
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