[Chimera-users] Pipes and planks representation

[Conrad Huang]

Thank you for the suggestion.  Making pipes-and-planks representation 
more integral is a complex task, so it probably will not be done in the 
near term.  However, you can manually click the Apply button in the 
Pipes and Planks panel after changing the molecular representation and 
you should get an updated p&p representation.  For example, if you open 
a model and create the p&p representation (clicking Apply instead of OK 
to keep the P&P panel up), it will be the same color as the model; if 
you then change the model color using, say, the "rainbow" command, you 
can update the p&p representation by clicking the Apply button again. 
Hope that helps a little.

Conrad

On 5/20/2013 10:39 AM, Ernesto Arias Palomo wrote:
> Dear chimera developers,
>
> I have noticed that in the last Chimera releases you have significantly
> improved the 'pipes and planks' representation. I find it particularly
> useful because, in my opinion, it makes the structures look simpler and
> clearer, especially when you are displaying large PDBs.
>
> I would like to suggest an improvement. It would be really useful if you
> could make that representation an attribute of the structure (like the
> 'ribbons' one) instead of a separate object. That way one
> could easily show, hide or color different regions of the structure
> without having to modify the actual PDB file.
>
> Thank you very much for your help, and congratulations for your great work.
>
> Cheers,
> Ernesto.
>
>
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