[Chimera-users] pipes and planks

[Elaine Meng]

Dear Ishu,
You probably just need to get Chimera 1.7 (daily build or snapshot). PipesAndPlanks has been improved significantly since the production release (1.6).  The newer versions are available here:
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html#daily>
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html#snapshots>

If you use the Help menu, it should match your downloaded version pretty well.  If you view the manual on the web, it might be for a different version than what you have downloaded.

List of changes since the production release:
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/relnotes/snapshot.html>

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

On Oct 23, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Ishu Saraogi wrote:

> Dear Chimera Users:
> 
> I have been trying to makes pipes and planks in different colors for a
> co-crystal structure. I want each protein to be a certain color. The user
> manual says that I need to select "No colors" in the pipes and planks
> menu. However, this button is deactivated in my program.
> Has anyone else had that problem and is there a fix? I have tried using
> axes/planes command but it does not give me loops and sheets that I also
> need.
> 
> Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
> Ishu
>