[Chimera-users] Slicing/Subdividing Models in Chimera

[Mauser, Jonathon]

Hello,
 
I am working on developing a new suite of flexible multimedia 3D printed protein models using Chimera to process to .stl. I am trying to make a sort of “anatomical” cutaway of an enzyme complex where I can slice the model in chimera along a certain plane and print the sections with caps, but am running into problems. 
 
I have tried simply clipping into the model, which does essentially what I would like to do, but I don’t know how to delete everything that I’ve clipped out of the model. When I export my scene, it still exports the whole model instead of the clipped depiction. Ideally, I would like to just cut the pdb in half to start with more advanced cutaways coming later. Do you have any idea how this might be accomplished?
 
Thank you!
 
Jon
 
Jonathon Mauser, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Winona State University
Office: Pasteur Hall 330
P: 507-457-5874
E: jmauser at winona.edu <mailto:jmauser at winona.edu>
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