[chimerax-users] activate model selectively

[Gabor PAPAI]

Dear Elaine,

Thank you for the information!

Best regards,
Gabor
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Gabor Papai
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> On 29 Nov 2017, at 19:41, Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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
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