[chimerax-users] Unit cell orientations

[Elaine Meng]

> On Jun 4, 2021, at 10:39 AM, Silva, Chinthaka Mahesh <silva228 at llnl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Hi Elaine, 
> Is it possible to orient a unit cell along different axes in ChimeraX? I tried using ‘Unit cell’ option, but not sure if this is the correct place to do it. 
> Thanks!
> -chinthaka

Hi Chinthaka,
(CC to chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu ... please use that address for ChimeraX questions)

Sorry, I don't understand the question.  You can build the unit cell or a block of multiple unit cells with the Unit Cell tool:
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/unitcell.html>

The axes of the unit cell are defined in the data... it is not something that you control.  Of course, you can rotate it after you build it.

Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco