[chimerax-users] Having multiple marker files

[SHIQING LIAO]

Hi Elaine and Tom,

Thank you so much! I am amazed by the speed of response and update!

Best,
Shiqing



On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:42 AM Tom Goddard <goddard at sonic.net> wrote:

> Hi Shiqing,
>
>   I added a menu to the Marker Placement panel to choose which marker set
> is used when adding markers with the mouse.  Also the "New" button will
> make a new marker set.  These improvements will be in tonight's ChimeraX
> builds.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2021, at 8:47 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <
> chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
> 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
> -----
> 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
>
>
>
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