[Chimera-users] Chimera Issue: Surface Calculation Failed - MSCalc returned code 5

[Megan Yung]

Thank you so much, Elaine! I was able to generate a surface model with
molmap, but was wondering how that was different from using the surface
command?

Thank you,

Meg

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 6:52 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hello Meg,
> Please see the “workarounds for surface failures” page — I suggest #3 in
> that page, using the command “molmap”:
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/surfprobs.html>
>
> … or using ChimeraX instead of Chimera to show the molecular surface, as
> it uses a more robust calculation method:
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/>
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/download.html>
>
> …ChimeraX “surface” command documentation:
> <http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/surface.html>
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
> > On Jan 24, 2019, at 2:21 PM, Megan Yung <my449 at georgetown.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm having some trouble generating surface models of large antibodies
> for an urgent project. I keep getting the mscalc return code 5 error
> message. I read through the forums and it seems that using the split
> command is the way to go, but I would not like to split this antibody. I'm
> trying to get a full rendition of the surface model of the antibody so that
> it is possible to 3D print the antibody. Can you please let me know if that
> would be possible? The pdb files of the 4 antibodies are attached.
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> >
> > Meg
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