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.