[Chimera-users] Showing actual electrostatic potential on surface

[Tom Goddard]

Hi Boaz,

   That's a nice idea.  I've put a script surfvalues.py on the Chimera 
Python scripts web page to do that.

     http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/trac/chimera/wiki/Scripts

If you color a surface with an electrostatic potential using the Surface 
Color dialog (e.g. an APBS potential) then as you move the mouse over 
the surface the potential values used in the coloring will be shown.  By 
default the Surface Color dialog samples the potential 1.4 Angstroms 
from the surface so that is the value reported, not the value exactly at 
the surface point under the mouse.  This would be a nice feature to 
include in Chimera.  But I haven't worked out the details -- like how to 
turn this mouse mode off.

     Tom

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to show the actual potential value of a point on the 
> electrostatic surface, say by pointing at it with the cursor, in an 
> analogous way to the atom names that show up that way?
>
>  Cheers,
>
>           Boaz
>
>
> Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D.
> Dept. of Life Sciences
> Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
> Beer-Sheva 84105
> Israel
> Phone: 972-8-647-2220 ; Fax: 646-1710
> Skype: boaz.shaanan
>
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