[Chimera-users] PDB reference frame

[Roberto Kopke Salinas]

Yes Elaine, this helps.
Thank you

Roberto

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Roberto,
> It isn't a built-in function currently, but you can open the attached BILD
> file in Chimera (just use File... Open) to show the axes: X red, Y yellow, Z
> blue.
>
> The BILD format is very simple. In fact, the file just contains the
> following plain text:
>
> .translate 0.0 0.0 0.0
> .scale 5
> .sphere 0 0 0 0.5
> .color 1 0 0
> .arrow 0 0 0 5 0 0
> .color 1 1 0
> .arrow 0 0 0 0 5 0
> .color 0 0 1
> .arrow 0 0 0 0 0 5
>
> You can edit the file if you want to change the offset (the .translate
> line) or the size (the .scale line). BILD format is described here: <
> http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/bild.html>
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
> On Apr 22, 2011, at 6:34 AM, Roberto Kopke Salinas wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> > Is there a way to draw and visualize the three axes of the PDB reference
> frame in Chimera?
> > Thank you for your help,
> > Roberto
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