[Chimera-users] rmsd calculation for pre aligned structures

[Oliver Clarke]

Hi,

I have two structures that are pre-aligned in another program, and I would like to calculate a per-residue rmsd between the two structures and assign this to an attribute that I can use to color one of the structures. 

Is there any way to do this at present? 

The mavRMSD attribute only seems to be calculated after matchmaker, not after using the regular “rmsd” command. 

Perhaps there is a way to do a dummy run of matchmaker, somehow forcing both structures to remain fixed?

Best,
Oliver.