[chimerax-users] activate model selectively

[Elaine Meng]

There is also a “rotate selected models” mouse mode, with icon that looks like a selected water molecule with a curved arrow around it. The icon described in the previous message is for “translate selected models.”
Elaine

> On Nov 29, 2017, at 9:39 AM, Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Dear Gabor,
> It’s a reasonable question!  To do this in ChimeraX isn’t exactly the same as in Chimera, but similar…
> 
> For moving by hand:
> There is a mouse mode to move only the model(s) with some part selected.  For example, if you click the icon in the "mouse-modes for right button” toolbar (default location down the left side of the ChimeraX window) that looks like a selected water molecule with a horizontal arrow below it, then the right mouse button will move only model(s) with some part selected.  The right-button mouse-mode icons are described here:
> <http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/mousemodes.html>
> 
> A touchpad or single-button mouse can be used with modifier keys to emulate middle and right mouse buttons. On a Mac, these are alt and command, respectively.
> 
> You can also assign a different button (left or middle) to this function if you prefer, using the “mousemode” command:
> <http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/mousemode.html>
> 
> For moving with commands:
> The commands “move” “turn” and “roll” have a “models” option for specifying the model(s) to move, e.g.
> <http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/turn.html>
> 
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine  
> ----------
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. 
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
> 
> 
>> On Nov 29, 2017, at 2:10 AM, Gabor PAPAI <papai at igbmc.fr> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear ChimeraX developers,
>> 
>> I have a very naive question: how can I activate models selectively, like in Chimera? I would like to superimpose a density map with a pdb, but I don’t find how I can only activate and move the pdb.
>> Thank you in advance for your help!
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Gabor