[chimerax-users] About displaying electron density maps (MTZ format) in chimerax

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Laurant,
Otherwise (if not using Clipper), please see the ChimeraX command "volume cover" with the "atomBox" option:

<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html#cover>

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 Apr 5, 2023, at 1:44 AM, Tristan Croll via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> I assume you’re using the Clipper plugin for this? If so, the command “clipper isolate {atom selection}” will expand and mask the map to cover all atoms in the selection that are in the model associated with the map. Do “usage clipper isolate” to get details of the various keyword options.
> 
> Best,
> Tristan
> 
> On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 at 09:09, Laurent via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am currently trying to display an electron density map (from a MTZ file) in ChimeraX, but it seems that the display box size is limited. I would like to display the maps around ligands in an oligomeric protein, where the ligands are quite far from each other.
> Is there any way to increase the box size of the displayed map so that it covers all ligands ?
> Thanks !
> Laurent
> 
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