<BODY><P>Hi everyone,</P>
<P>I am trying to get deeper into chimera and to develop a "simple" algorithm for drug optimization. Something flying in my mind for a while...</P>
<P>First though, I need to understand how to manipulate atom coordinates, bond angle and the general building. I went to the index of the chimera modules. My first objective is to generate a molecule from scratch and I thought that the molEdit module would provide me with the right tools to do so. </P>
<P>However, when trying to call this module by a chimera.molEdit.XXXX type of command, it seems that molEdit is not a correct object.</P>
<P>Could you give me some pointers on the correct way to generate small ligand or how to add groups to a given one?<BR></P>
<P>Sorry for my thousands of questions..</P>
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<P>JD</P>
<P><BR>Dr. Jean-Didier Maréchal <BR>Professor Lector <BR>Unitat de Química Física <BR>Departament de Química <BR>Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona <BR>Edifici C.n. <BR>08193 Cerdanyola (Barcelona) <BR>Tel: +34.935814936 <BR>e-mail: JeanDidier.Marechal@uab.es<BR><BR></P></BODY>