[chimerax-users] Question regarding making movies & changing voxel size

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Raphael!
We’re glad you are enjoying ChimeraX!

The features you mention are available as commands (no graphical interfaces yet):

See the “view” command for saving and restoring positions (it can also act similarly to Chimera’s “focus” command)
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html>

...“movie” command for recording and encoding movie files; we don’t yet have saving and restoring scenes, though
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/movie.html>

…see also “making movies” summary page
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/movies.html>

...“volume” command (almost exactly the same as in Chimera) for many volume-related actions including changing voxel size
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html>

Voxel size is in the “volume” command dimension and scale options, for example: volume #2 voxelSize 0.25
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html#dimensions>

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 Jan 18, 2018, at 10:16 AM, Donghyun Park <donghyun.park at yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> Dear Chimera X community, 
> 
> Currently, I am in a transition from the old Chimera to Chimera X. So far, I am very much enjoying Chimera X. 
> 
> 1) I was wondering if there's Chimera X equivalent of 'savepos' and 'movie recorder' . 
> 
> 2) Also, how can I change the voxel size in Chimera X? 
> 
> I tried to find answers in the User Guide but I couldn't find the right answer. I hope I can get some advice here. Thank you!
> Best, 
> Raphael Park