[Chimera-users] Chimera Settings

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Nuwan,
If you are really done viewing the molecule, you should close it  (e.g. command: close #0) or close the session (e.g. menu: File… Close Session).  You do not need to quit from Chimera, if that’s what you meant.

You could just hide the molecule instead of closing it, but that would be the same amount of work.  The only reason to hide it is if you want to work with multiple structures together but temporarily hide one or the other.  You can hide/show open models with Model Panel (open from Favorites menu, use “S” checkbox).  You can also use the Model Panel to close a specific model.
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/modelpanel.html>

You may want to try the “getting started” tutorial to become more familiar with Chimera; it explains stuff like this.
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/Outreach/Tutorials/GettingStarted.html>

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

> On May 18, 2018, at 9:57 AM, Nuwan DeSilva <nathan2017store at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Elaine,
> 
> I have another question.
> 
> When I open a file and after done viewing the file (lets say molecule 1), I want to open another file (lets say molecule 2). Each time I have to close the sessions and open the molecule 2. Otherwise molecule 2 will display on top of the molecule 1. How can I set  that display only the new molecule (molecule 2)?
> 
> Thank you,
> Nuwan