[chimerax-users] Having multiple marker files

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Shiqing,
In your example command, #5 is telling it to add to marker model #5.  If there is a different marker set it would have a different model number.  So if you are adding the marker with a command, you can control it directly by the model number in that command.  However, the example command you gave isn't quite right, maybe you meant:

marker #5 position 1,1,1 radius 100

"marker" command details:
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/marker.html>

You are probably talking about adding the marker with the mouse, however.  In that case, you are right:  I don't see a way to control which marker model is used.  Maybe we did not plan for people to have multiple marker models.  So maybe this is a type of control that can be added in the future.

<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/markerplacement.html>

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

> On Jun 29, 2021, at 7:29 PM, SHIQING LIAO via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi! 
> 
> I’m trying to have multiple marker files because I would like them to have different radius and coloring distance. I figured out that I can create new marker files by “marker #5 1,1,1 radius 100”, for example. However, if I add new markers, the new marker always goes to the first marker file, instead of the selected marker file that I want. Any help is really appreciated!
> 
> Best,
> Shiqing