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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".
        Â If model #3 is the thin line outline then this command will
        make the outline with cylinders</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. Â 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: Â 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="">
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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="">
                      -----<br class="">
                      Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Â <br
                        class="">
                      UCSF Chimera(X) team<br class="">
                      Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry<br class="">
                      University of California, San Francisco<br
                        class="">
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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. Â First, make sure
                          you aren't using a very old version of
                          ChimeraX. Â I tried it in ChimeraX 1.5 release
                          candidate (2022-11-08) Â just now:<br class="">
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                          - open your structure that has unit cell
                          information, e.g. 1fav<br class="">
                          <br class="">
                          - in Unit Cell tool (menu: Tools...
                          Higher-Order Structure... Unit Cell) click
                          Outline to show unit cell box<br class="">
                          <br class="">
                          - 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... [...]. Â  Â Or, you can just
                          click the color square in the Model Panel and
                          use the system color chooser to change the
                          color interactively. Â  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. Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Â <br
                            class="">
                          UCSF Chimera(X) team<br class="">
                          Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry<br
                            class="">
                          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="">
                            <br class="">
                            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="">
                            <br class="">
                            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. Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â 
                              Â Â <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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                                  moz-do-not-send="true">chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>><br
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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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