[Chimera-users] Error: no molecule for surface

[Eric Pettersen]

On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:42 AM, Andrea L Edwards wrote:

> I am trying the "Write DMS" tool for my molecule, and I get an error  
> that says "no molecule for surface". I followed Actions->Surface- 
> >Show then I followed Tools->Structure Editing->Write DMS.

Hi Andrea,
	From the bug report you also submitted I see that you only have the  
surfaces open when you do WriteDMS -- you've closed the corresponding  
structures.  Surfaces alone do not have enough information to write a  
DMS file.  The corresponding structure needs to be open so that atom  
and residue names as well as atom positions can be written into the  
DMS file.  The surface only has surface vertex positions, normals, and  
colors, which is the bulk of the DMS information but not everything  
needed.
	I find that if I open the structure you provided with your bug  
report, then do Actions->Surface->show, I can then immediately use  
WriteDMS successfully.  Let me know if this isn't the case for you.

--Eric

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


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