== ChimeraX Change Log

This log includes new features of interest to users.  Minor feature improvements and minor bug fixes are usually not included.

August 2016:  **Daily builds** -- for friends and family

December 2016:  **Daily builds** -- first builds for public

March 28, 2017:  **Alpha 1 release**

April 5, 2017 **File history thumbnails** - history of open files is shown at startup with thumbnail images.

April 5, 2017 **Color zone** - color surfaces to match nearby atoms using color command zone option.

April 6, 2017: **Imaris file reader** - read Imaris microscopy 3d image files

April 7, 2017: **Position command** - added ''view position'' command to report and set model and camera positions

April 14, 2017: **Amira map format** - read Amira map files.

April 17, 2017: **Improved lighting defaults** - changed light brightnesses (ambient, key, fill) for better appearance.

April 19, 2017: **Chain names table** - table of chains and biological names added to log when opening atomic structure, with clickable links to show the corresponding sequence.

May 16, 2017: **Mesh and dot surfaces** - show mesh, dot or filled surfaces with surface style command (#675)

May 19, 2017: **Model series playback** - show a sequence of models in succession with new ''mseries'' command.

May 23, 2017: **Virtual reality icon panels** - enable icons in virtual reality with vive command icons option.

May 24, 2017: **Integrative Hybrid Model file reader** - improvement to IHM file reader such as reading ensemble coordinates from DCD files

May 30, 2017: **Coordinate set slider** - show slider to play through coordinate sets with ''coordset slider'' command

May 31, 2017: **Pick atoms behind surfaces** - mouse picking through meshes and transparent surfaces. Also selection outlines show through transparent surfaces.

June 5, 2017: **Sequential stereo** - allow LCD shutter glasses stereo using command-line ''--stereo'' option

June 10, 2017: **devel command** - create bundles with new ''devel'' command

June 12, 2017: **mmCIF coordinate sets** - read multimodel mmcif files as coordinate sets using open command coordset option (#460)

June 13, 2017: **Drag and drop files** - allow opening file by dragging onto application or application icon

June 26, 2017: **hbond command** - find hydrogen bonds (#533)

June 27, 2017: **DCD trajectory format** - read and write DCD trajectory coordinate sets.

June 29, 2017:  **Atom labels** - graphics display of labels on atoms, residues and pseudobonds using label command (#615)

July 12, 2017: **Write PDB files**  (#601)

July 20, 2017: **Autostart tools** - Control which tools to show at startup (#761)

August 9, 2017: **Volume display styles** - added volume viewer  display style menu entries for maximum intensity projection, planes, orthoplanes, and box face.