[chimerax-users] [Chimera-users] Selecting planes using command line

[Prathvi Singh]

Thanks for the clarification Elaine!

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 9:31 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Prathvi,
> I believe you would have to use ChimeraX to do this, not Chimera.  So this
> answer is for ChimeraX only:
>
> You can select the plane models with Ctrl-click in the graphics window, or
> you can use the selection checkboxes in the Axes/Planes/Centroids tool
> (ChimeraX) or in the Model Panel, where you may need to use the disclosure
> triangles to see the submodels and their numbers.  Or you can just look in
> the Model Panel to find out the number to specify that model directly in
> commands without using selection.
>
> You can move them separately from other models in the same was as any
> other models in ChimeraX. I.e. with "models" keyword of move/turn commands,
> or with mouse modes that move only the selected and/or clicked models.
> <
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimerax-users/2023-February/004945.html
> >
>
> Of course, if you do this with the planes defined from the membrane
> "atoms" from the OPM database, you are no longer using their predicted
> membrane locations.
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
>
> > On Mar 13, 2023, at 5:24 AM, Prathvi Singh via Chimera-users <
> chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Elaine,
> >
> > I see that after defining a plane, it gets listed in the
> "Axes/Planes/Ellipsoids" section with each plane having a unique ID.
> However, I am unable to use these IDs to select planes individually via
> command line. Moreover, when I hover my mouse over a plane, it displays:
> #0:?
> >
> > How to select the planes using the command line? And, can I move these
> planes independent of the protein model?
> >
> > --
> > Prathvi Singh,
> > Research Fellow,
> > Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering,
> > Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016
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-- 
Prathvi Singh,
Research Fellow,
Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016
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