Dear Nicole, I can orient and zoom with the newpdb file I downloaded from the pdb databank. (there was no attachment in your email for the old one, but it wast needed as the orient and zoom works)
Atleast I cannot reproduce anything you mentioned. Abhi On 9/5/07, Nicole Lewis-Rogers <nlewisrog...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Dear Warren and Tsjerk, > > Thank you for responding so quickly to my question. > > I'm not sure what the "underlying OpenGL graphics" are on my computer. > However, I have changed nothing on my computer. I can open and look at > both versions of the pdb file in PyMOL, look at them side-by-side, and they > respond very differently. The problem is reproducible. I don't how to > write scripts yet, but I can give you a list of what I do. > > I have attached the two files: Old1FOD.pdb ( the file that is easy to use) > and 1FOD.pdb (the most recent version of the file from RCSB that is > difficult to use). > > 1) I double click on the pdb file and it opens automatically in PyMOL > 2) In the Menu: Display: Sequence: Sequence Mode: Residues > 3) Highlight residue #1 > 4) (sele) choose show sticks > 5) (sele) choose Action: Find: Polar Contacts: To any atoms > 6) (sele) choose Action: Orient or Zoom > If I use the older version of the pdb file, the residue is > zoomed in and I can easily turn the whole molecule around 360 degrees. > If I use the newer version of the pdb file, the residue is > zoomed out I cannot zoom in unless I use the left mouse button, and I cannot > turn the molecule around 360 degrees. > > Thank you for your assistance, > Nicole Lewis-Rogers > > ------------------------------ > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and > hotels<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47094/*http://farechase.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFicDJoNDllBF9TAzk3NDA3NTg5BHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDZ3JvdXBzBHNsawNlbWFpbC1uY20->with > Yahoo! FareChase. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > >