Thank you Elaine,<div><br></div><div>then maybe there is a way to copy/transfer a selection of residues from one model to its copy? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Giulia</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Elaine Meng <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meng@cgl.ucsf.edu" target="_blank">meng@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Giulia,<br>
Sorry, there is no "bring to front" option or ability to color only part of a surface by Coulombic ESP.<br>
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As you found out, the workaround to get partial Coulombic coloring is to use two copies of surface. Instructions are given in this previous post:<br>
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<<a href="http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2012-November/008168.html" target="_blank">http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2012-November/008168.html</a>><br>
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I would recommend first experimenting to see which copy of the surface "wins" display, then using that copy for the Coulombic coloring.<br>
I hope this helps,<br>
Elaine<br>
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.<br>
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab<br>
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry<br>
University of California, San Francisco<br>
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On Jan 17, 2013, at 7:51 AM, giulia zanetti wrote:<br>
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> Hi all,<br>
> I am trying to colour with coulombing potential only a portion of the surface I generated, and show it together with the rest of the surface, coloured in grey.<br>
> The way I've done it is to create a duplicate of the pdb model, generate surface1 from the full model, and surface2 from the selected area, and colour with coulombic potential only surface2.<br>
> The issue is that sometimes surface1 is "in front" of surface2, and the only way to see surface2 is to hide surface1. This is not related to the order I create the surfaces apparently, but rather to the order I created the models.<br>
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> Is there a way to "bring to front" or " send to back" surfaces or models for display purposes, rather than copying models (and re-doing the selection for the residues that I want coloured?).<br>
> Or a way to colour with potential only the selected area of a surface?<br>
> Thanks!<br>
> Giulia<br>
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