[Chimera-users] yet another chimera question...

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Jeff,
Take a look at the commands "matrixget" and "matrixset":
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/matrixset.html

That can be used for the models, but not the per-model clipping planes. 
  One other thing you might not know is that you can save multiple 
positions in a single session (i.e. you don't have to save a session 
for each position).  Positions are named/saved with the command 
"savepos" and reapplied with "reset":
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/savepos.html
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/reset.html

These positions definitely include the global clipping plane positions. 
  I'm not sure about the per-model clipping plane positions.
Elaine
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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


On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Jeff wrote:

> good morning Tom,
>
> there isn't by chance a way to output the orientation/location of a
> given model (or, likewise, its corresponding per-model clipping plane)
> so that I can write down particular views that are useful, without
> having to re-save chimera sessions with unique IDs (my kludge as of
> right now). and a related follow-up - if so, how do I re-input the
> orientations by command line in chimera (if possible?)
>
> thanks,
>
> -jeff
>