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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hi Elaine,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thank you so much for your reply. I made the axes by myself through ¡°measure rotation¡±. It generated axes models. If ¡°angle¡± command only show the smaller angle, why I got angle of minus and even more then 90 degree?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Jian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Elaine Meng [mailto:meng@cgl.ucsf.edu] <br>Sent: 2014<span lang=ZH-CN style='font-family:SimSun'>Äê</span>9<span lang=ZH-CN style='font-family:SimSun'>ÔÂ</span>23<span lang=ZH-CN style='font-family:SimSun'>ÈÕ</span> 16:36<br>To: Jian Guan<br>Cc: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu<br>Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] Angle</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Jian,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You would need to use the IDs of the axes (not model numbers) in the angle command. The IDs are shown in the Axes/Planes/Centroids list of objects. You could have specified the IDs when you made the axes, or they would be generated automatically.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><<a href="http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/angle.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/angle.html</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><<a href="http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/structuremeas/structuremeas.html#axes"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/structuremeas/structuremeas.html#axes</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So the command would be something like: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>angle a1 a2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>It gives the smaller angle, treating both axes as infinite lines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Elaine<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Sep 23, 2014, at 12:29 PM, "Jian Guan" <<a href="mailto:jug25@psu.edu"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>jug25@psu.edu</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I made two axes for two molecule, and want to measure the angle between them. Let's say, #1 and #2 are the two axes. I used command line of "angle #1 #2" to do that.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Question:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> What is the default angle measurement? The #1 rotate clockwise or anti-clockwise to reach #2?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Jian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>