Re: [ccp4bb] programmatic symmetry mate generation

2010-04-26 Thread Eleanor Dodson
James Stroud wrote: Hello All, I want to programmatically generate the symmetry mates for a molecule and write out the files containing the symmetry related molecules. I'm resisting the urge to reinvent the wheel. What is the best way to do this? I'd prefer to do it within a python program

Re: [ccp4bb] programmatic symmetry mate generation

2010-04-26 Thread Eric Pettersen
Hi James, The symmetry copies of a molecule asymmetric unit can be saved to a new PDB file using the saveunitcell.py Python script with Chimera. http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/trac/chimera/wiki/Scripts It uses the CRYST1 record in the PDB file to determine the symmetry group.

Re: [ccp4bb] programmatic symmetry mate generation

2010-04-25 Thread James Stroud
cctbx is cool in principle, but I would be very happy to know how to use it with a pre-existing python like most other packages are capable of. I'm starting to lose patience reverse-engineering the install scripts to figure out how to do it. I can't seem to find instructions on the web

Re: [ccp4bb] programmatic symmetry mate generation

2010-04-25 Thread Robert Campbell
Hi James, On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:41:32 -0700, James Stroud xtald...@gmail.com wrote: cctbx is cool in principle, but I would be very happy to know how to use it with a pre-existing python like most other packages are capable of. I'm starting to lose patience reverse-engineering the

[ccp4bb] programmatic symmetry mate generation

2010-04-24 Thread James Stroud
Hello All, I want to programmatically generate the symmetry mates for a molecule and write out the files containing the symmetry related molecules. I'm resisting the urge to reinvent the wheel. What is the best way to do this? I'd prefer to do it within a python program using an open

Re: [ccp4bb] programmatic symmetry mate generation

2010-04-24 Thread Nathaniel Echols
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 5:25 PM, James Stroud xtald...@gmail.com wrote: I want to programmatically generate the symmetry mates for a molecule and write out the files containing the symmetry related molecules. I'm resisting the urge to reinvent the wheel. What is the best way to do this? I'd

Re: [ccp4bb] programmatic symmetry mate generation

2010-04-24 Thread Edward A. Berry
James Stroud wrote: Hello All, I want to programmatically generate the symmetry mates for a molecule and write out the files containing the symmetry related molecules. I'm resisting the urge to reinvent the wheel. What is the best way to do this? I'd prefer to do it within a python program