[chimera-dev] Chimera and Dock

[Eric Pettersen]

On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 07:17 AM, Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:

> our institution was planning to order a copy of MidasPlus, but now we 
> have
> been told about chimera.
> A crucial question is: does chimera also include a version of the ms 
> molecular
> surface calculation program which is suitable for input file 
> preparation for
> the program DOCK, as it is true for MidasPlus?

The current version of Chimera (12/02; build 1602) doesn't have the 
capability to prepare an ms file suitable for DOCK, though we 
anticipate that capability being in the next release (~ 3/03).  You 
don't actually need Chimera or Midas to make the ms file, since we 
distribute a program (dms) capable of making the file.  You can 
download dms from http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/Overview/software.html .

> I could not find the answer in the chimera information available on 
> the web,
> but I hope that you can help me.

If you are going to use DOCK, you should investigate Chimera, because 
it includes a tool (ViewDock) specifically dedicated to examining DOCK 
results.


                         Eric Pettersen
                         UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
                         pett at cgl.ucsf.edu
                         http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu