<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 SL,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> If you want to specify elevation 60 degrees and azimuth 110 degrees start with the map in the initial position when opened and use the turn command</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>turn z -110</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>turn x -30</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The initial position has the map z axis pointing out of the screen, the x axis to the right, and the y axis vertical on the screen. The turn command rotates relative to the screen axes so the first command does a z rotation rotates about the map z axis (which is aligned with the screen z axis), and the second command tilts relative to the screen x axis — since the initial elevation is 90 degrees (looking down at the north pole of the map, to get down to 60 degrees elevation I rotate by 30 = 90-60 degrees. To reset to the initial view use the reset command:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>reset</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Tom</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 10, 2017, at 5:55 PM, hy liao <<a href="mailto:hl_random@yahoo.com" class="">hl_random@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491870728257_9875" class="">Hi, </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491870728257_9875" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491870728257_9875" class="">How can I specify the elevation and the azimuth angles to view my density map on chimera? </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491870728257_9875" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491870728257_9875" class="">In Matplotlib, one can specify the elevation and azimuth, so I was hoping chimera can do something similar that is based on INPUT ANGLES and not having to get involved with tedious transformation matrices and such.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491870728257_9875" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491870728257_9875" class="">Thanks,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491870728257_9875" class="">SL</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Chimera-users mailing list: <a href="mailto:Chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu" class="">Chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a><br class="">Manage subscription: <a href="http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users" class="">http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>