6.1 Atom selection | ![]() |
The user can hide and/or show the atoms using the menu items in View -> Select (click here for more information) and change the properties only of the visible atoms (e.g. color, measure, etc). If the predefined selections are insufficient, it's possible to create a custom selection, that can be made by atom specification or by range.
6.1.1 Selection by atom(s)
When this dialog is opened selecting View
-> Select -> Custom, it's possible show ( button) or hide (
button) the atom(s) specified in the Selection field with the AtomName:ResidueName:ResidueNumber:Chain
format. The maximum length of each sub-field is four characters, but the Chain
sub-field requires only one. The selection can contain wildcards (* and ?) and all
sub-fields are optional from left to right. The omitted sub-field is equivalent to *.
Clicking the items in Atom, Residue, Number and Chain
colums, the Selection field is automatically completed.
To un/select a single atom, the user can pick it clicking the sctructure in the main
window. Another way to made the same operation, is typing the atom number in the Selection
field.
6.1.2 Selection by range
This selection mode is useful to select more than one atom in
sequence. The user can specify the starting and the endig atom/residue number, typing in Range
fields or clicking the structure in the main window. The and
buttons have the same function
explained in the previous section.
When the un/selection is done, press button to close the dialog
box.