[Chimera-users] independent rotation of multiple models

[Stefano Luciano Ciurli]

Hi Elaine, it is simply be-a-u-ti-ful!
Thanks!
Stefano

> On 01 May 2017, at 19:30, Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Stefano,
> There is an “independent” rotation mode in which each model uses its own center.  You can use command “set independent”  or menu: Tools… Movement… Rotation (it’s also a tab under the Side View), change “center of rotation method” to “independent".
> 
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/set.html#independent>
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/sideview.html#rotation>
> 
> I’ve often used this, for example, to make movies of side-by-side rotating structures.
> 
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
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> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. 
> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
> 
>> On Apr 30, 2017, at 10:48 AM, Stefano Luciano Ciurli <stefano.ciurli at unibo.it> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, if I have more than one structure in the same session, is there a way to rotate all models together along their respective axes (for example their intrinsic y-axis) without having to do so after selecting each individual model from the model panel?
>> Regards and thanks,
>> Stefano Ciurli
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