[chimerax-users] How to import chimera session to chimeraX

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Liz,
We’re glad you like ChimeraX graphics!

Yes, as mentioned on the ChimeraX download page, it cannot open Chimera sessions.  They are different programs, although we have implemented several similarities for continuity of use.

Currently there is no way to import a session from Chimera into ChimeraX, sorry. Due to command similarities, if you had a Chimera command script it would be a good start for a ChimeraX command script, but sessions are much more different.
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco


> On May 3, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Liz Kellogg <lizkellogg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I love the graphics in chimera X, and I would like to render a scene I've set up in chimera. However, chimeraX doesn't seem to be able to open chimera session files. I tried exporting the chimera scene to different file format, such as vtk or wrl, but chimeraX can't seem to open those files either. Is there any way to open chimera sessions in chimeraX? Thanks a lot
> 
> Liz