[chimera-dev] chimera help

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Vishal,
Actually you can do this with a Chimera command script, as opposed to  
programming in Python.  A command script just contains the same  
commands you would enter in the Command Line.  I'm not sure of what  
type of saving you had in mind, " but the  "copy" command can be used  
to save an image file, "save" to save a session, and "write" to save  
a PDB file.

This page links to all the command man pages, plus it discusses  
command scripts (at the bottom):
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/1.2199/docs/UsersGuide/framecommand.html

Just opening the command file will execute the commands.
Here are links to a couple of example command files:
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/1.2199/docs/UsersGuide/tutorials/ 
setup.com
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/recorder/ 
1gfl.com

And here is another, between the dashed lines:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
open 1hxx
open 1pho
modelcolor coral #0
modelcolor cornflower blue #1
~disp; rep bs; ribbon; ribrepr smooth
matchmaker #0 #1
-----------------------------------------------------------------

I guess the main difficulty if you are saving images is how to get a  
good view of the structures. Usually some rotation, scaling, etc. is  
done interactively to make a better picture.
I hope this helps,
Elaine


On Sep 27, 2006, at 7:29 PM, Vishal Pua wrote:

> Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to create a script, that  
> would open pdb files, render them to look a certain way ex. wire or  
> ribbon, then save, automatically? this would have to work for a  
> number of pdb files? I have little programming experience, and  
> wonder if there was an easy way to do this, thanks
>
> Vishal Pua
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                          meng at cgl.ucsf.edu
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
                      http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html




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