<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi all,<div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would like to write an alias to load a pdb and the associated 2fo-fc and fo-fc maps with a single command (and adjust the contours and appearance of the maps and model).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To do this, I need to be able to open the models with specific output ids, so I can issue commands to alter their appearance later in the alias.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Looking at the documentation (<a href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/UsersGuide/midas/open.html" class="">http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/UsersGuide/midas/open.html</a>), it seems like this should be possible, but when I give an output model id it seems that chimera is ignoring it and still choosing the lowest available id. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have tried the following commands, “open 1bl8 100”, “open 1bl8 #100”, “open 1bl8 model-id:100” but they all either fail or load 1bl8 with model id 1.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Am I missing something about the syntax here? Or is there another flag for the output model id?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Oliver.</div></div></body></html>