Not a solution to your problem - just a way to avoid it.. I always put the waters into the original file - you can always delete them or change the occupancy if there is a clash.. Eleanor
On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 21:21, Jonathan Cooper < 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> wrote: > One thing I have wondered about Coot is when you add new waters into the > structure and these go into a molecule called 'Pointer Atoms...', I have > never worked out how to get the symmetry mates of these newly inserted > waters to appear unless I eventually merge them into the same pdb file as > the protein. > > As an example, here is a newly inserted water molecule (A6) in > Pointer-Atoms close to a 2-fold: > > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhajc0/watersym.jpg > > Is there a trick to get its symmetry mate to appear without merging the > pdb's? > > I am trying to avoid the situation where you accidentally build two or > more waters into the same density because the symmetry mates are not > showing and have to go through all the waters again afterwards to sort it > out. I have checked the 'Show Symmetry' box for that molecule and I have > tried changing the radius, etc. > > Any clues much appreciated. > > Jon.C. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
