> I guess that the moral of the story is that it's better to be > as specific as possible when making selections...
Yes, this is an important thing to understand, and something I seen come up frequently with new users. The thing to remember is: As soon as you "create" a new object based on existing object, there will then be two sets of atoms in PyMOL that possess identical segment, chain, residue, and atom identifiers. Both sets will match in selection unless you specify the object name too. # here there is just one object, so residue id alone is fine: load prot.pdb show sticks, 10-15/ create my_loop, 10-15/ # now there are two objects, so you must specify the # object name if you want to act on it independently color red, prot///10-15/ color blue, my_loop///10-15/ Cheers, Warren -- Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Principal Scientist . DeLano Scientific LLC . 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 213 . South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA . Biz:(650)-872-0942 Tech:(650)-872-0834 . Fax:(650)-872-0273 Cell:(650)-346-1154 . mailto:war...@delsci.com
