<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Hi :) </span></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">I wanted to duplicate only one part of a model and I haven't found a copy function (I found this old thread tho <a href="https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimerax-users/2020-January/000783.html" class="">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimerax-users/2020-January/000783.html</a>)</div><div class="">For now my strategy is to duplicate the model with "<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">combine #1 close false</span>" and then delete what I don't want on the new model like for example (to delete helices) "<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">delete ~helix & #2</span>"</div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">I know you are always super busy with ChimeraX dev, but I thought this could be a good "quick way" to create a "copy" function of example (if there are no alternative that I missed of course).</div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">Have a great day!</div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">Thibault.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__" class=""><div class="">--<br class="">Thibault Tubiana, PhD</div><div class="">Postdoctoral Fellow @<a href="https://www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr/equipe-interactions-and-assembly-mechanisms-of-proteins-and-peptides/" target="_blank" class="">IMAPP</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Institute for integrative biology of the cell (<a href="https://www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr/" target="_blank" class="">I2BC</a>) - CNRS UMR 9198</span><br class=""></div><div class="">CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette - Bât 532 pce 34</div><div class="">Web Site: <a href="http://www.tubiana.me/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.tubiana.me/gallery</a><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""><br class=""></body></html>