[Chimera-users] [chimera-dev] icosahedron with a T number

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Wei, 
In the mesh from "hkcage", a pentagon edge might also be a hexagon edge.  So there is no option to make hexagons a different color than the pentagons, if that's what you meant, sorry.  

There is another tool "Cage Builder" (in menu under Tools... Higher-Order Structure) that lets you build up pentagons and hexagons manually.  They have separate edges and are automatically different colors from each other, but it may be too difficult to build the whole thing that way.  Also, there isn't an option to control the colors of the hexagons and pentagons; the pentagons are always orange and the hexagons blue.

<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/cagebuilder/cagebuilder.html>

Best,
Elaine

> On Apr 10, 2020, at 9:06 AM, Wei Zhang <zhangwei at umn.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Elaine,
> 
> I am able to use hkcage and build a spherical sphere with pentagons and hexagons. Is there a way to color those pentagons differently?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Wei
> 
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 10:41 AM Wei Zhang <zhangwei at umn.edu> wrote:
> Hi Elaine,
> 
> Thank you for the quick reply and the instructions. 
> I will use the other email address next time. 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wei
> 
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 10:12 AM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> Hi Wei,
> 
> Take a look at the "hkcage" command if you want hexagons and pentagons instead of triangles.  You give it the h and k values which are related to T number by the equation shown in that page:
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/hkcage.html>
> 
> For this kind of question (next time) you probably want the chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu mailing list, not chimera-dev which is more for programming questions.
> 
> Thank you for the good wishes -- you stay safe too!
> 
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
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> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
> 
> > On Apr 9, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Wei Zhang <zhangwei at umn.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have been playing with the icosahedron utility in Chimera. I really like this feature, especially with the sphere factor.
> > 
> > The current routine uses a subdivision factor to represent the number of triangles on an icosahedral surface. However this lattice is not the same as we see in icosahedral viruses, which use a T number to designate symmetry. With a subdivision number, there are always hexamers on any edge of the icosahedron, whereas in the virus structure this is not the case.
> > 
> > I am wondering if Chimera has an utility that can use the T number as the basis for building an icosahedron surface.
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > Hope everything is going well and stay safe!
> > 
> > Wei
> 
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