[chimerax-users] Hide dashed lines (chain breaks)

[Gabriele Cerutti]

Thank you so much!

On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 11:03, Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Gabriele,
> Yes, these are just the "missing structure" pseudobonds and there are many
> different ways to hide them.
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/pseudobonds.html>
>
> One way is to use Model panel:  use the disclosure triangles to reveal the
> model hierarchy including the "missing structure" pseudobonds and then
> un-check the display checkbox for that model, see screenshot attached.
> Another way is to use the "hide" command to hide that model, e.g.
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/show.html>
>
> hide #1.1 models
>
> or
>
> hide #1.1
>
> (if you use the second command above, the display checkbox is still
> checked, since the checkbox hides at the model level whereas that command
> hides all the individual pseudobonds while technically leaving their model
> displayed)
>
> Or, if there are more than one and you just want to hide a specific one,
> then you can select the one you want to hide with Ctrl-click and then use
> command
>
> hide sel
>
> There was a bug that made pseudobonds between ribbons hard to select, but
> if you get a recent daily build that problem has been fixed.
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
>
> On Apr 28, 2021, at 6:51 AM, Gabriele Cerutti <gc2695 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am displaying a protein molecule in cartoon representation and chimeraX
> automatically shows dashed lines for chain breaks (see attached).
> Is there a way to hide these dashed lines?
> Best,
> Gabriele
>
>
>
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