Tools Index
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2D Labels
- create arbitrary text labels and place them in two dimensions
- Add Charge
- assign partial charges to atoms
- AddH
- add hydrogens
- Adjust Torsions
- rotate bonds (change dihedral angles)
- Angles/Torsions
- measure bond angles and dihedral angles
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Area/Volume from Web
- use the
StrucTools server to calculate surface areas and Voronoi volumes
- Attribute Calculator
- generate new numerical
attributes from existing ones; calculate totals or averages of a given
numerical attribute
- Axes
- define axes and perform related measurements
- Benchmark
- measure hardware performance on standard Chimera rendering tasks
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Browser Configuration
- configure web browsers to send Chimera
data
linked to web pages
- Build Structure
- perform simple structure-building operations
- Camera
- control viewing parameters
- Color Editor
- create colors interactively
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Color Secondary Structure
- color peptides/proteins by secondary structure
- Color Zone
- color surfaces to match selected atoms,
split volume data by the resulting color zones
- Command Line
- enter Chimera commands
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Constrained Move
- perform rotations and translations about specified axes
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Crystal Contacts
- identify clashes between PDB symmetry copies
- Define Attribute
- assign
attribute values to atoms, residues, or models
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DelPhiController
- interface to
DelPhi (obtained separately)
for calculating electrostatic potential
- Demos and
Demo Editor
- create and replay demonstrations in Chimera
- Distances
- measure distances between pairs of atoms
- Dock Prep
- add hydrogens, charges, etc. to prepare structures for
DOCK
or for other calculations
- Effects
- control visual effects such as depth cueing and silhouette edges
- Electrostatic Surface Coloring
- color surfaces by electrostatic potential
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Ensemble Cluster
- cluster members of a conformational ensemble
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Ensemble Match
- match conformations from two ensembles
- Find
Clashes/Contacts
- identify clashes and/or contacts
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FindHBond
- find possible hydrogen bonds
- Fit in Map
- fit atoms into a map (volume data) or one map into another
- Flatten
Icosahedron
- rearrange the faces of an icosahedral virus capsid into a plane
to create a paper model
- Fourier
Transform
- calculate the 3D Fourier transform of volume data
- Gaussian
Filter
- convolute volume data with a Gaussian function
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Icosahedron Surface
- create a hybrid icosahedron/sphere surface
- IDLE
(Python Interactive DeveLopment Environment)
- enter Python commands
- Intersurf
- generate and display interface surfaces
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- define and use keyboard shortcuts for Chimera functions
- Lens Inspector
- create rectangular regions of alternative display within the graphics window
- Lighting
- adjust and save lighting parameters
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Match -> Align
- generate a sequence alignment from a structural alignment
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MatchMaker
- superimpose structures by first constructing a sequence alignment
(optionally including secondary structure scoring) and then
fitting the aligned residue pairs
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MD Movie
- replay and analyze molecular dynamics trajectories
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Measure and Color Blobs
- color and measure disconnected parts of a surface
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Measure Volume and Area
- measure surface area and surface-enclosed volume
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Minimize Structure
- energy-minimize structures
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Minrms Plot
- examine structural alignments of proteins from
MinRMS *
- Model Loops
- interface to
MODELLER
(obtained separately) for generating alternative conformations of peptide
segments already present in a structure
- Model Panel
- list and act on models
- Morph
Conformations
- create a trajectory that morphs between structures
- Morph
Map
- morph between two related sets of volume data
- Movement
Mouse Mode
- move just part of a structure with the mouse
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Movie Recorder
- capture image frames and assemble them into a movie file
- Multalign Viewer
- view sequence alignments, optionally with structures
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Multiscale Models
- view macromolecular assemblies at high and low resolution,
generate multimers, and navigate structural hierarchies
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Nucleotides
- create special representations of nucleotide bases and sugars
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Per-Model Clipping
- clip models individually with a plane at any angle
- Phantom Force Feedback
- use a Phantom force feedback device to trace paths in volume displays
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PipesAndPlanks
- show peptide/protein helices as "pipes" (cylinders) and strands as "planks"
- PseudoBond Panel
- list and act on pseudobond groups
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PseudoBond Reader
- create pseudobonds arbitrarily
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Rainbow
- use a range of colors, changing the color per residue, chain, or model
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ReadStdin
- allow communication with Chimera through standard input/output
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Render by Attribute
- show
attribute values of atoms, residues, and models (with color, etc.)
- Reply Log
- show informational, warning, and error messages from Chimera
- ResProp
- color amino acids by category; define new categories
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Ribbon Style Editor
- change ribbon heights/widths (scalings) and cross-sections (styles)
- Rotamers
- view and evaluate amino acid sidechain rotamers,
incorporate them into structures
- Rotation
- control the center of rotation
- Scale Bar
- draw a scale bar and associated label
- Sequence
- show amino acid and/or nucleic acid sequence
- Shininess
- adjust shininess and brightness
- Side View
- scale the view and move clipping planes interactively
- Solvate
- solvate structures using
AmberTools
- Structure Diagram
- generate 2D chemical diagrams of small molecules
- Surface Capping
- cap surfaces where they intersect a clipping plane
- Surface Color
- color surfaces by volume data values or by distance
from a point, axis, or plane
- Surface Zone
- restrict the display of
certain types
of surfaces to a zone around selected atoms
- Surfnet
- examine cavities and surface indentations
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Tile Structures
- arrange models in a plane
- Transform
Molecule Coordinates
- transform a structure by specified Euler angles and shifts
- Undo Move
and Redo Move
- go back and forth in the history of model rotational/translational positions
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Unit Cell
- generate crystallographic unit cell contents from coordinates
and transformation matrices
- Values at Atom Positions
- map volume data to atom positions and assign values as an
attribute
- ViewDock and HearDock
- view and prioritize docked molecules output by
DOCK
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Volume Eraser
- interactively zero out parts of volume data
- Volume
Mean, SD, RMS
- calculate statistics for volume data
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Volume Series
- display a series of volume data sets
- Volume Tracer
- place markers and trace paths within volume displays
- Volume Viewer
- visualize volume data
(3D numerical data such as electron density)
*
MinRMS is a stand-alone, nongraphical program
that generates structural alignments of proteins;
it is run from the system command line, not from within Chimera.
MinRMS is not distributed with Chimera, but can be
downloaded separately.