[Chimera-users] distance between 2 residues

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Dedan,
There are many different ways to specify two atoms and measure the distance between them.  

The GUI way is to Ctrl-click to select one atom, Shift-Ctrl-doubleclick to both select the second atom and get a popup menu that includes the choice to "Show Distance."  There's also a Distances tool and the command "distance."

Three ways to measure a distance are given here:
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/structuremeas/structuremeas.html#distances>

It is also done in tutorials, for example here:
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/tutorials/squalene.html#dists>

In general, you can use menu "Help... Search Documentation" to find subjects of interest.  I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco



On Jul 8, 2011, at 6:12 AM, Dedan Githae wrote:

> how is the problem solved in chimera? i want to measure distance between 2 residues