[chimerax-users] Distance between two atoms

[Elaine Meng]

Also, the second method (picking the atoms from the screen) will create and execute a distance command, which will then be shown in the Log to help you figure out how to write similar commands in the future.

Elaine

> On Nov 15, 2022, at 9:03 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Phil,
> There is a "distance" command, use command "help distance" or see the help at our website here:
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/distance.html>
> 
> ...and many examples of how to specify atoms in the command line here:
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/atomspec.html#hierarchy>
> 
> Why don't you give it a few tries? We need to "teach a man to fish" since we can't tell thousands of users how to write each command they need for their research.
> 
> Or you can just choose the atoms from the screen: first make sure they are displayed so you can actually see them, and then Ctrl-click one, Shift-Ctrl-doubleclick the second one and choose "Distance" from the resulting pop-up menu.  This also is described in the help  (Selection Context Menus):
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/selection.html#context>
> 
> Best,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
> 
>> On Nov 15, 2022, at 8:30 AM, McClean, Phillip via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> I have a two chain model.  I would like to determine the distance between the CD1 atom of residue 77 in chain B and the CD1 atom of residue Leu 150 in chain C.  What would be the proper distance command.
>> 
>> Thanks for the help again.
>> 
>> Phil McClean
> 
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