Structures not visible.
Sometimes the structures are not visible within the Chimera window
even though the superpositions are displayed. The structures may
be off to the side or outside of the clipping planes.
Actions... Focus is one way to bring the structures into view.
Moving and scaling structures with the mouse in Chimera.
By default, the left mouse button performs rotation,
the middle mouse button performs XY translation, and the right
mouse button performs scaling (see
details and how to deal with a
one- or two-button mouse).
Scaling can also be performed with the Side View.
Chimera Command Line and Side View.
In Chimera, commands are entered into the
Command Line and scaling and clipping can be done in the
Side View.
Both tools are listed in the Favorites menu by default.
Within the Side View,
the eye position (the small square; scales the view)
and the clipping plane positions (vertical lines)
can be moved with the left mouse button.
Ribbon displays.
The figures in the documentation of
pairwise and
multiple superpositions in Chimera
were generated by hiding the atoms and showing a rounded ribbon.
This can be done with the menu:
Actions... Atoms/Bonds... hideor with commands:
Actions... Ribbon... show
Actions... Ribbon... round
~display
ribbon
ribrepr round