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From: Peter Holm (Peter.Holm_at_mbfys.lu.se)
Date: Mon Mar 07 2005 - 17:04:25 CST

Thank's John, it worked very nicely!
Cheers
Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
Date: Monday, March 7, 2005 11:46 pm
Subject: Re: vmd-l: Display only side chains

>
> Except that you'll have to use an "or" rather than "and" when
> combining "name CA" with the rest of that selection. I'd try
> something like:
> residue 47 45 44 40 and ((not backbone) or name CA)
>
> John
>
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:36:29PM -0500, Luis Rosales wrote:
> >
> > Mmmm, In order to display the ca-cb bond, I think that you should
> > replace the 2 selections with only one selection, something like:
> >
> > "name CA and residue 47 45 44 40 and not backbone"
> >
> > hope this helps,
> >
> > Ludwig
> >
> > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > From: Peter Holm <Peter.Holm_at_mbfys.lu.se>
> > To: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > Sent: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:42:40 +0100
> > Subject: vmd-l: Display only side chains
> >
> > > Dear list-readers,
> > > I wish to display only a selected set of residues created as a
> > > separate selection where the side chains are sticking out from
> the
> > > "new ribbons" object without main chain CO and NH disturbing
> the
> > > view. So I did the following selections:
> > >
> > > "residue 47 45 44 40 and not backbone"
> > >
> > > "residue 47 45 44 40 and alpha"
> > >
> > > This results in the view I wish to have when visualising the
> > > selection with licorice except that the Ca-Cb bond is missing.
> Any
> > > hints on how I can get the side chain visualised from Ca and
> > > "outwards" are most welcome and appreciated?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
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