[chimerax-users] Wireframe option

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Chinthaka,
You can define your own shortcut... there are a couple of ways:

(1) You could alias it to define your own command that is easier to remember, for example command:

alias wire size stickRadius 0.05 

... and then later you can just use command

wire

but you would need to put the alias command into the Preferences, category: Startup, in the "Execute these commands at startup" area, and then Save the preferences if you want it to be available in later uses of ChimeraX (i.e. save as preference so that after quitting and restarting it would still be there).

<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/alias.html>
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/preferences.html#startup>

(2) or if you want it in the menu, you can define your own custom preset by putting that command into a plain text file named something.cxc in a folder of your choice and then using Preferences, category: Startup to tell ChimeraX in which folder to find your presets files (see second link above).  Again make sure to click Save if you want to have it available in the Presets menu in later uses of ChimeraX.

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

> On May 24, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Silva, Chinthaka Mahesh <silva228 at llnl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Hi Elaine,
> 
> Sorry about using the wrong email address. Yes, I could make the sticks thinner by using ' size stickRadius 0.05'. Do you also have it built-in, so that I don’t have to remember the command?
> 
> Thanks!
> -chinthaka  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> 
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 1:09 PM
> To: Silva, Chinthaka Mahesh <silva228 at llnl.gov>
> Cc: ChimeraX Users Help <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu>
> Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] Wireframe option
> 
> Hi Chinthaka,
> This chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu address is the one to use for asking questions about ChimeraX.
> 
> ChimeraX does not have wireframe-style display of atomic structures, but you can show all atoms/bonds (or any subset of them) as sticks and make the sticks as thin as you want.  For example, commands:
> 
> preset sticks
> hide solvent
> size stickRadius 0.1
> 
> ...or instead of "preset sticks" you could use "style stick"
> 
> See help for these commands:
> <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/preset.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mdu1vVLG-qDGajgUHWVJJkIA9e_Fhmpgc-DVuIwax42UeWL9MfPOH0xxD1QB4Ku6g7E$ > <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/show.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mdu1vVLG-qDGajgUHWVJJkIA9e_Fhmpgc-DVuIwax42UeWL9MfPOH0xxD1QBHhNSudk$ > <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/size.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mdu1vVLG-qDGajgUHWVJJkIA9e_Fhmpgc-DVuIwax42UeWL9MfPOH0xxD1QB_UzGNlo$ > <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/style.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mdu1vVLG-qDGajgUHWVJJkIA9e_Fhmpgc-DVuIwax42UeWL9MfPOH0xxD1QB7HTsNuA$ >
> 
> You can also do these things with the menu or Toolbar icons, it would just take a lot more typing to explain.
> 
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
> 
>> From: "Silva, Chinthaka Mahesh" <silva228 at llnl.gov>
>> Subject: Wireframe option
>> Date: May 24, 2021 at 12:38:13 PM PDT
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Can you tell me how to draw pdb models using the ‘wireframe’ mode?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> -chinthaka