I'm trying to generate a mask around a molecule using NCSMASK under the CCP4i interface, for ultimate use in NCS averaging and density modification in dm. Being a little old-fashioned I wanted to check that it covered the required molecule. However when displayed in COOT, there seem to be arbitary flat slabs running through the mask, with some sort of inversion or other transformation on the other side of the slab. The mask has a similar appearance in the CCP4mg. The flattenings are parallel to cell edges, and sometimes, but not always adjacent to cell faces.

Is this a known problem ? is it NCSMASK ? or is it COOT and CCP4mg ?

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