[PyMOL] selections

2002-02-25 Thread Michael S. Cosgrove, Ph.D.
Hi, I am new to pymol. I was wondering if someone could help me with selecting multiple noncontinuous residues with the same name. For example, I have tried the following: select name1, a/79/ .# to select a single residue, select name2, a/79:85/ ..# to select a continuous string of resid

[PyMOL] Sphere Scale Preference

2002-02-25 Thread Fergus Binnie
Dear Sir How can I alter the sphere_scale to affect only specific named selections. At present, changing the scale alters all the loaded molecules at the same time. Thankyou Fergus Binnie University of Auckland

RE: [PyMOL] Sphere Scale Preference

2002-02-25 Thread DeLano, Warren
Fergus, Like other settings, sphere_scale is either global or object-specific, not atomic. To change the sphere size for specific atoms, use the "alter" command with the "vdw" property over the selection. For example: alter (resi 10),vdw=vdw*2.0 - Warren -- mailto:war...@sunesis.com Warren L

RE: [PyMOL] selections

2002-02-25 Thread DeLano, Warren
Due to the degeneracy of the PyMOL selection language, there are many ways. Say we want 79 to 85 and 89 to 94 in chain A... # the most concise way is select name2, a/79:85+89:94/ # but alternatives include: select name2, ( a/79:85/ or a/89:94/ ) select name2, ( chain a and (resi 79:85 or resi