[chimerax-users] Assistance: ChimeraX save scene

[Elaine Meng]

Answered on the list this morning, please see:

<https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimerax-users/2020-November/001635.html>

Elaine

> On Nov 10, 2020, at 1:17 AM, Guillaume Gaullier <guillaume at gaullier.org> wrote:
> 
> Priyanka,
> 
> Sorry, but I don’t know the answer to your question off the top of my head, and I won’t have time to figure it out this week. As I already recommended, please email the list chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu (copied to this email) and not me (or anybody else) individually: you will get answers faster this way, because the people who develop ChimeraX monitor this mailing-list and are really good at answering questions; it is also more useful for everybody, since questions and answers sent to the list get archived and become searchable on the list’s website.
> 
> I hope somebody can help you solve your problem soon. Good luck.
> 
> Guillaume
> 
> 
>> On 10 Nov 2020, at 04:36, Priyanka Abeyrathne <pabeyrat at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Guillaume,
>> 
>> I used the "view name myview" and "view myview" to save the scene in ChimeraX. It worked only one time as scene saved as ---.cxs file. I tried the scene command again but it didn't work. Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Priyanka
>> 
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 3:41 AM Guillaume Gaullier <guillaume at gaullier.org> wrote:
>> Hi Priyanka,
>> 
>> If what you need is a command that can restore the camera’s position to a previously saved state after you moved it, then this should be helpful:
>> 
>> 1. set the scene the way you want it
>> 2. run command "view name myview" ("myview" can be any name); what this does is assign a name to the current view (camera settings)
>> 3. rotate or translate, move around, etc.
>> 4. run command "view myview", which should reset the camera settings to what they were when you did step 2 above
>> 
>> I believe named views are saved with the session, so you should be able to use them even after you save and close, then reopen your .cxs file.
>> 
>> You will find more details in the documentation, with command "help view". Also here: https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html#name
>> 
>> I hope this helps,
>> 
>> Guillaume
>> 
>> 
>>> On 11 Oct 2020, at 22:10, Priyanka Abeyrathne <pabeyrat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> Is there a save scene command in ChimeraX?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Priyanka
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