[Chimera-users] how to get specific view

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Shuo,
Here are some related topics, but since I'm not a pymol user, I don't know if they are similar to pymol or not.

In Chimera:
You can use the "savepos" command to save a position, which is basically a view and can be restored with the "reset" command, but it is not saved when you quit unless you also save a session file.  If you also save a session file, the positions are saved in that file, and after you restore the session, they can be restored with "reset."

<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/savepos.html>
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/reset.html>

You can use command "matrixget" to write the positions of the models to a file.  Then later if you have the same structures open as the same model numbers, you can use "matrixset" to apply those positions from the file that was saved previously.

<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/matrixset.html>

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Oct 14, 2020, at 11:23 PM, Shuo <leyannihao at 163.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear sir or madam,
> 
> I wonder how to get specific view parameter in Chimera, just like command get_view in Pymol. So that next time I can easily adjust the view in Chimera.
> 
> Best
> Shuo