[Chimera-users] automating a task

[Dieter Blaas]

Dear Elaine and all,

       I need to run the following repeatedly on five loaded volumes 
(x1.mrc, x2.mrc, x3.mrc, x4.mrc, and x5.mrc) each time with a different x:

Tools > Volume Data > Surface Color >  Color Surface x1.mrc by volume 
data gradient norm volume file x1.mrc > options set > color

  The colors and palette settings remain the same for all runs.

Is there a way of automating this with a script? I have tried to save 
the session, change all occurrences of x for the different x but on 
evoking the modified python script all volumes are shown in the correct 
arrangement and level but not coloured and I get the Chimera Warning:

Could not restore surface color on surface model with id 0.0 because 
volume used in colouring was not restored

Thank you very much, stay healthy!

Dieter


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Dieter Blaas,
Max Perutz Laboratories
Medical University of Vienna,
Inst. Med. Biochem., Vienna Biocenter (VBC),
Dr. Bohr Gasse 9/3,
A-1030 Vienna, Austria,
Tel: 0043 1 4277 61630,
Mobile: 0043 699 1942 1659
e-mail: dieter.blaas at meduniwien.ac.at
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