Opened 3 months ago

Last modified 3 months ago

#18376 assigned enhancement

Add "bring" option to align command

Reported by: a.rohou@… Owned by: Tom Goddard
Priority: moderate Milestone:
Component: Structure Comparison Version:
Keywords: Cc: Eric Pettersen, J.Procter@…
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Project: ChimeraX

Description (last modified by Tom Goddard)

On Aug 4, 2025, at 11:07 AM, Alexis Rohou via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@…> wrote:

Hello,

I really love (and depend on) the "bring" option to the "matchmaker" command.

Occasionally though, I have to fall back on "align" when I need to specify atoms that should be superposed. Would you please consider adding a "bring" option to the "align" command?

Cheers,
Alexis

Change History (3)

comment:1 by Tom Goddard, 3 months ago

Description: modified (diff)

On Mon, Aug 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM Tom Goddard wrote:

Hi Alexis,

Did you know the "view position" command can move models to have the same positioning as another model?

view position #2 sameAs #1

will update the placement of model #2 to match the position and orientation of model #1. My match the position and orientation I mean that if model #1 has been rotated and translated a certain amount relative to its initial position (by any means) the this command will rotate and translate model #2 by the same amount relative to model #2's initial position.

Tom

From: Alexis Rohou
Date: August 4, 2025 at 2:19:06 PM PDT

Thanks Tom!

I think my brain once held that piece of information (perhaps before "bring" existed as an option), but I had definitely forgotten about it. This does exactly what I need it to. Thank you for telling me about it (again?).

(I still think "bring" would be nice with "align")

Cheers,
Alexis

comment:2 by Tom Goddard, 3 months ago

Cc: J.Procter@… added

comment:3 by Eric Pettersen, 3 months ago

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