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    <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Wow, great!<br>
      Thanks a lot, Tom!<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/11/22 21:03, Tom Goddard wrote:<br>
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      Hi Xavier,
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      <div class="">  The way to make thicker unit cell lines in
        ChimeraX is to show them as cylinders using a "marker model".
         If model #3 is the thin line outline then this command will
        make the outline with cylinders</div>
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        fromMesh #3 edgeRadius 0.5 color lightyellow</div>
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      <div class="">Documentation</div>
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href="https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/marker.html"
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      <div class="">  Tom</div>
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            <div class="">On Nov 18, 2022, at 11:31 AM, Elaine Meng via
              ChimeraX-users <<a
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                space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hrmmm...
                maybe this does not solve the problem. In my experiment,
                it didn't work well on the unit cell box.  It does work
                for other selections like on ribbons, but there is a gap
                between the unit cell box line and the selection
                highight lines, at least on my computer:
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                <div class="">I showed the unit cell box outline as
                  magenta and then used command:  graphics
                  selection color magenta width 5</div>
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                <div class="">So maybe there isn't any good way of doing
                  it other than maybe postprocessing in some
                  image-editing program like gimp or Photoshop.</div>
                <div class="">Sorry about that,</div>
                <div class="">Elaine<br class="">
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                    <blockquote type="cite" class="">On Nov 18, 2022, at
                      11:04 AM, Elaine Meng <<a
                        href="mailto:meng@cgl.ucsf.edu"
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                      wrote:<br class="">
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                      (switching to chimerax-users address since this is
                      all about ChimeraX, not Chimera)<br class="">
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                      Sorry no, there is no linewidth setting on the
                      unit cell outline box.<br class="">
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                      However, you can "fake it" by selecting that model
                      so that there are green outlines to show the
                      selection, and then changing the selection-outline
                      color and width:<br class="">
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                      (1) select the outline box model, e.g. as
                      described in the previous message by checking the
                      selection box in the Model Panel<br class="">
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                      (2) use "graphics selection" command to change the
                      selection-outline color and thickness<br class="">
                      <<a
href="https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/graphics.html#selection"
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                      I hope this helps,<br class="">
                      Elaine<br class="">
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                      Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       <br
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                      UCSF Chimera(X) team<br class="">
                      Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry<br class="">
                      University of California, San Francisco<br
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                      <blockquote type="cite" class="">On Nov 18, 2022,
                        at 9:12 AM, F.Xavier Gomis-Rüth via
                        Chimera-users <<a
                          href="mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu"
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                        wrote:<br class="">
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                        Thanks a lot, Elaine, this worked indeed!<br
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                        Just one final point: how can I make the
                        linewidth larger? When I make a picture, the
                        thin lines of the box disappear.<br class="">
                        I understand ChimeraX interpretes these lines as
                        a surface, I can change the colour when choosing
                        surface in the colour blow up.<br class="">
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                        On 18/11/22 17:49, Elaine Meng wrote:<br
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                        <blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi Xavier,<br
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                          As far as I can tell, it is exactly the same
                          in ChimeraX as in Chimera.  First, make sure
                          you aren't using a very old version of
                          ChimeraX.  I tried it in ChimeraX 1.5 release
                          candidate (2022-11-08)  just now:<br class="">
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                          - open your structure that has unit cell
                          information, e.g. 1fav<br class="">
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                          - in Unit Cell tool (menu: Tools...
                          Higher-Order Structure... Unit Cell) click
                          Outline to show unit cell box<br class="">
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                          - if you want to change box outline color, can
                          use the same method as described below for
                          Chimera. I wasn't able to select it by
                          Ctrl-click, however, so instead use the
                          selection (hand with green dot) checkbox in
                          the Model Panel to select it, then use
                          Actions... Color... [...].    Or, you can just
                          click the color square in the Model Panel and
                          use the system color chooser to change the
                          color interactively.   Screenshot:<br class="">
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                          I hope this helps,<br class="">
                          Elaine<br class="">
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                          Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       <br
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                          UCSF Chimera(X) team<br class="">
                          Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry<br
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                          University of California, San Francisco<br
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                          P.S. for ChimeraX questions specifically, you
                          may want to use the other mailing list, <a
                            href="mailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu"
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                          <blockquote type="cite" class="">On Nov 18,
                            2022, at 7:03 AM, F.Xavier Gomis-Rüth via
                            Chimera-users <<a
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                            wrote:<br class="">
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                            Dear Elaine,<br class="">
                            I am now trying to get this done in ChimeraX
                            where there is indeed a similar option.
                            Unfortunately, if I proceed as in the
                            instructions<br class="">
                            I do not get the cell box, in contrast with
                            old Chimera. I also tried through the
                            command line but unsuccessfully.<br class="">
                            Am I missing something?<br class="">
                            Thanks a lot in advance,<br class="">
                            Xavier<br class="">
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                            On 26/10/22 17:45, Elaine Meng wrote:<br
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                            <blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi Xavier,<br
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                              You can select the box (Ctrl-click on it)
                              and then use menu: Actions... Color...
                              [choose color], then clear selection by
                              Ctrl-click on blank area of window or menu
                              Select... Clear Selection.<br class="">
                              I hope this helps,<br class="">
                              Elaine<br class="">
                              -----<br class="">
                              Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                    
                                <br class="">
                              UCSF Chimera(X) team<br class="">
                              Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry<br
                                class="">
                              University of California, San Francisco<br
                                class="">
                              <br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              <blockquote type="cite" class="">On Oct
                                26, 2022, at 1:56 AM, F.Xavier
                                Gomis-Rüth via Chimera-users <<a
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                                wrote:<br class="">
                                <br class="">
                                Dear all,<br class="">
                                is there a way in Chimera or ChimeraX to
                                get the unit-cell box being drawn in
                                another colour than white?<br class="">
                                This forces the background to be
                                dark....<br class="">
                                Thanks a lot in advance,<br class="">
                                Xavier<br class="">
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