[Chimera-users] weighted distance

[Eric Pettersen]

Oops.  The module name is "StructMeasure", not "StructureMeasure", so  
the correct line of Python would be:

from StructMeasure.DistMonitor import distanceMonitor

--Eric


On May 10, 2010, at 3:36 AM, Bala subramanian wrote:

> Dear Elaine and Eric,
> Thanks for the inputs. I started the chimera interface and tried to  
> use the StructureMeasure module using the IDLE that is present in  
> chimera but it shows me import Error. I dnt understand why. I am  
> using chimera 1.5 alpha version 29904. Do i need to set some path to  
> use the module.
>
> >>> from StructureMeasure import *
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#8>", line 1, in <module>
>     from StructureMeasure import *
> ImportError: No module named StructureMeasure
>
>
> Bala
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Eric Pettersen <pett at cgl.ucsf.edu>  
> wrote:
> On May 5, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Elaine Meng wrote:
>
>> With Chimera commands, you can create a distance monitor and set  
>> its stick thickness, color, etc.:
>> open 1zik
>> alias pair1 #0:22.a at oe2:25 at ne
>> dist pair1
>> setattr p drawMode 1 pair1
>> setattr p radius .05 pair1
>> setattr p color hot pink pair1
>> setattr p label " " pair1
>>
>> However, it sounds like python will be necessary to conditionally  
>> set radius or color depending on the value of the distance.
>
> A little more info on this possibility.  You can get the distance- 
> monitor pseudobond group in Chimera with:
>
> from StructureMeasure.DistMonitor import distanceMonitor
>
> and run through the distance-monitor pseudobonds with:
>
> for pb in distanceMonitor.pseudoBonds:
> 	...do something that sets pb.radius based on pb.length()...
>
> --Eric
>
>                         Eric Pettersen
>                         UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
>                         http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu
>
>
>

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