[chimerax-users] ChimeraX Bundle

[Mirko Plößer]

Dear ChimeraX Team,

my name is Mirko Ploesser, I am a Phd student in the Frankgakis group  
at the BMLS (Buchmann Institue for Molecular Life Sciences) in  
Frankfurt (Germany) and currently working on a ChimeraX bundle. Thanks  
to your detailed tutorial on how to develop bundles, I have already  
made a good progeress in doing so. Currently, however, I am stuck with  
a problem that I hanve't found a solution to yet. I would be very  
thankful if you could give me advice on how to progress.

The problem is described as follows:
I click a set of markers in a volume (tomogram as an EM file) and save  
the corresponding positions. At those positions I want to load  
different and smaller volumes (also EM Files). The information about  
those smaller volumes - position and rotation - I have saved in a  
different file (a motivelist in also an EM format). Now I am stuck  
with the problem on how to update the rotation angles when I use the  
tool "Rotate model" using the right mouse. I know that the  
corresponding rotation matrix is printed in the log. Is there any way  
that I can use the information given to the log in my bundle code?

Also, since we already have a working version of the bundle in  
Chimera, I found the module "openModel" very useful. Unfortunately I  
haven't been able to find an equivalent module in ChimeraX. So I guess  
there is a different approach to this used in ChimeraX. I would be  
very happy if you could also help me out in this regard.

Thank you very much in advance for your time and effort.
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best,
Mirko Ploesser