[Chimera-users] Morphing with two models

[Enrico Morelli]

On Fri, 15 May 2009 10:32:19 -0700
Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:


Great!!!! Works very well :-)))
Thanks a lot!!

> Hi Enrico,
> Any Chimera actions can be done with python, but I can't give advice  
> on that (I don't know python).  To me, it seems much easier to use a  
> few Chimera commands than to figure out the python to do the same  
> things.
> 
>  From what you said, now I think maybe you are making a movie, not  
> just trying to superimpose structures to prepare for morphing.  In  
> that case, here is how you could easily achieve complicated motions  
> of multiple models:  use the command "savepos" to save different  
> positions, say one position with the models together and another
> with the models apart.  Then you can use the command "reset" to go
> between these saved positions in a specified number of frames.
> Depending on those previously saved positions, the (two or more)
> models could go in opposite directions.
> 
> For movie making, I recommend using version 1.4 of Chimera (a daily  
> build) because many of the  movement commands have been improved  
> significantly since the last production release.
> 
> See:
> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/savepos.html>
> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/reset.html>
> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/fly.html>
> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/ 
> movies.html#moviecommands>
> 
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> 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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