Hi Raphael! We’re glad you are enjoying ChimeraX!

The features you mention are available as commands (no graphical interfaces yet):

See the “view” command for saving and restoring positions (it can also act similarly to Chimera’s “focus” command) http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html

...“movie” command for recording and encoding movie files; we don’t yet have saving and restoring scenes, though http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/movie.html

…see also “making movies” summary page http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/movies.html

...“volume” command (almost exactly the same as in Chimera) for many volume-related actions including changing voxel size http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html

Voxel size is in the “volume” command dimension and scale options, for example: volume #2 voxelSize 0.25 http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html#dimensions

I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:16 AM, Donghyun Park donghyun.park@yale.edu wrote:

Dear Chimera X community,

Currently, I am in a transition from the old Chimera to Chimera X. So far, I am very much enjoying Chimera X.

1. I was wondering if there's Chimera X equivalent of 'savepos' and 'movie recorder' .

2. Also, how can I change the voxel size in Chimera X?

I tried to find answers in the User Guide but I couldn't find the right answer. I hope I can get some advice here. Thank you! Best, Raphael Park

Hi Raphael, Currently you would have to use “view” multiple times to restore the saved positions one after the other, including gradually by specifying a number of frames for each transition. We don’t yet have anything the same as Chimera’s “fly” command to go through multiple positions smoothly using a single command. Still, you could just try “view" and see how that looks. Best, Elaine

On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Donghyun Park donghyun.park@yale.edu wrote:

Thank you, Elaine Meng, for a very quick response. I have another question. I used to make movies by 1) saving positions 2) 'fly' multiple positions 3) record actions using the movie recorder.

In Chimera X, is there an equivalent of 'fly"? Could you please give advice on how I can accomplish similar tasks in Chimera X?

I really love visuals in Chimera X and want to use this to make movies for my new project. Thanks, Raphael Park

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 1:31 PM, Elaine Meng meng@cgl.ucsf.edu wrote: Hi Raphael! We’re glad you are enjoying ChimeraX!

The features you mention are available as commands (no graphical interfaces yet):

See the “view” command for saving and restoring positions (it can also act similarly to Chimera’s “focus” command) http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html

...“movie” command for recording and encoding movie files; we don’t yet have saving and restoring scenes, though http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/movie.html

…see also “making movies” summary page http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/movies.html

...“volume” command (almost exactly the same as in Chimera) for many volume-related actions including changing voxel size http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html

Voxel size is in the “volume” command dimension and scale options, for example: volume #2 voxelSize 0.25 http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html#dimensions

I hope this helps, Elaine

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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

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On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:16 AM, Donghyun Park donghyun.park@yale.edu wrote:

Dear Chimera X community,

Currently, I am in a transition from the old Chimera to Chimera X. So far, I am very much enjoying Chimera X.

1. I was wondering if there's Chimera X equivalent of 'savepos' and 'movie recorder' .

2. Also, how can I change the voxel size in Chimera X?

I tried to find answers in the User Guide but I couldn't find the right answer. I hope I can get some advice here. Thank you! Best, Raphael Park