[Chimera-users] Chimera API

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Chris,
You could just use a Chimera command script rather than python, but I  
guess you want to do some other python stuff like looping.  If you  
know the Chimera command, it is relatively easy, e.g.

from chimera import runCommand
runCommand('open 1zik')
runCommand('preset apply int 1')
runCommand('roll y 3 60')

I don't know python myself, but got the above by showing the Command  
History, clicking "Record..." and in the next dialog, choosing the  
option to Record as "Python commands."
I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                          meng at cgl.ucsf.edu
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
                      http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

On May 23, 2009, at 10:54 AM, christopher lau wrote:

> Hi,
> Does anyone have any documentation on the chimera API? I want to  
> familiarize myself more with the commands that can be used in the  
> Chimera IDLE and python scripts.  I have looked at the Example  
> tutorials (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ProgrammersGuide/Examples/ 
> ), but aside from the commands used in the tutorial I do not know  
> how to perform other actions on the molecule.  One of the commands I  
> would like to run is to rotate the molecule ("roll", in the command  
> line) using IDLE commands.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Chris