[Chimera-users] Newbie Questions

[Shafrir, Yinon (NIH/NCI) [F]]

Hi there!

 

I have two questions regarding using Chimera.

 

How do you break a molecule to different models using the command line?

I have a protein composed of 4 chains. It loads as one piece and
designated model 0

 

I then select a single chain and I want to designate it as a new model.
How do I do that using the command line (so I can write a script)?

 

Also, when I select the chain and use the write command in this manner
"write selected su1.pdb"  the save dialog box pops up (even though I
designated a filename)

When I try "write selected 0 su1.pdb" nothing happens.

 

 

My other question is:

How can you force chimera to assign secondary type display to residues
without editing the PDB file first? 

Say I want to show 30 residues that are not detected by ksdssp as beta
sheets. Still, I want to represent them as beta sheets. Do I need to
edit the pdb file?

 

 

Best regards

Yinon Shafrir

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