[Chimera-users] axes display in Chimera

[Elaine Meng]

Dear Ines,
I am not sure if this answers the question, but if you open the  
attached file named general-axes.bild in Chimera, it shows the axes  
(X red, Y yellow, Z blue).

The BILD format is very simple.  In fact, the file just contains the  
following text:

.translate 0.0 0.0 0.0
.scale 5
.sphere 0 0 0 0.5
.color 1 0 0
.arrow 0 0 0 5 0 0
.color 1 1 0
.arrow 0 0 0 0 5 0
.color 0 0 1
.arrow 0 0 0 0 0 5

You can edit the file if you want to change the offset  
(the .translate line) or the size (the .scale line).  BILD format is  
described here:
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/bild.html>

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                          meng at cgl.ucsf.edu
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
                       http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

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On Apr 3, 2009, at 12:52 AM, Ines COLLINGS wrote:
>
> Dear Madam/Sir,
> I would like to add the coordinates direction x,y,z in Chimera so  
> that I
> may know the orientation of the unit cell.
> Could you let me know how to do this.
> Thank you very much in advance,
>
> Ines Collings