Registered File Types

File types that have been registered in Chimera can be opened from:

If a tool-specific type of file is opened, the associated tool will be executed or started (if it has not been started already).

Registered File Types
type prefix suffix contents associated
tool
(if any)
Aligned FASTA afasta: .afasta
.fasta
.fa		 sequence alignment Multalign Viewer
Aligned NBRF/PIR pir: .pir sequence alignment Multalign Viewer
BRIX or DSN6 dsn6: .brix
.omap		 crystallographic density map used by O Volume Viewer
CCP4 or MRC mrc: .ccp4
.mrc		 crystallographic or EM density map Volume Viewer
Chimera commands cmd:
com:		 .cmd
.com		 commands (and optionally, comment lines starting with #)
Chimera markers markers: .cmm markers placed in 3D Volume Path Tracer
Clustal ALN aln: .aln
.clustal
.clustalw
.clustalx		 sequence alignment Multalign Viewer
CNS or XPLOR xplor: .cns
.xplor		 unformatted ASCII density map Volume Viewer
DelPhi or GRASP delphi: .phi computed electrostatic potential
(see also DelPhiViewer)		 Volume Viewer
DMS or MS dms:
ms:		 .dms
.ms		 dot molecular surface
DOCK grids .bmp
.cnt
.nrg		 DOCK 4 bump, contact, and energy scoring grids
(not interchangeable; gridname.bmp required for reading gridname.cnt and/or gridname.nrg)		 Volume Viewer
Gaussian
formatted checkpoint		 fchk:
gaussian:		 .fchk molecular structure
GCG MSF msf: .msf sequence alignment Multalign Viewer
GCG RSF rsf: .rsf sequence alignment Multalign Viewer
Mol2 mol2: .mol2 molecular structure
MPOSE mpose: .mpose molecular structure MPOSE
NetCDF netcdf: .nc 3D data Volume Viewer
PDB pdb: .pdb
.ent		 molecular structure
Priism priism: .xyzw 3D light and electron microscope data Volume Viewer
Python python:
py:
chimera:		 .py
.pyc
.pyo
.pyw		 Python code
SCOP scop: protein domain structure
SPIDER spider: .spi electron microscope density map Volume Viewer
Stockholm pfam:
hmmer:		 .pfam sequence alignment Multalign Viewer
VRML vrml: .vrml
.wrl		 graphical object