Thanks Jared. A lot of fantastic tips there. Much appreciated. Regards.
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 6:03 AM, Jared Sampson <jared.samp...@columbia.edu> wrote: > Hi Ahmad - > > Here are a few suggestions: > > I'm still a bit new to the API so I'm not sure which commands to use. > At least I know I will start with cmd.select(string name, string > selection). > > How can I tell Pymol to: > > 1) look within a certain radius distance, and return resi's within > that distacne. > > > cmd.select('mysele', 'byres all within 5 of sele') > > See https://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Selection_Algebra for more handy > operators (`beyond`, `around`, `expand`, etc.) > > > 2) find all polar interactions within a distance, > > > You can use cmd.distance (https://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Distance), e.g. > (as done in the GUI by [A] > find > polar contacts...) > > cmd.dist("mysele_polar_conts","mysele","all within 5 of > mysele",quiet=1,mode=2,label=0,reset=1) > > or for a list of atoms, check out https://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Polarpairs > > > use sticks, > > > cmd.show('sticks', 'mysele') > > or to hide all other representations, > > cmd.show_as('sticks', 'mysele') > > > color by atom > > > util.cnc('mysele') > > I use this one all the time ("cnc" == color non-carbon). There is also > `util.cbc` == color by chain. > > > hide everything else > > > cmd.hide('everything', 'all and not mysele') > > > and output an image of the selections and interactions around it. > > > cmd.zoom('mysele', 5) > cmd.png('mysele.png', ray=1) > > > Please feel free to throw in any useful commands that can you might think is > helpful. > > > One useful trick to learn new commands is to open a log file (via `log_open > log.pml` or the File menu) and then perform the desired action in the GUI. > The log file will show the API commands that are called from the GUI. It > doesn't work for everything (e.g. wizards), but for most basic actions, it > should be helpful. At least it will give you the right command to look up > on the PyMOL wiki! > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > Jared > > > Your help is greatly appreciated. > > Regards. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net