[COOT] Sigma levels of ncs averaged maps

2010-12-22 Thread Dale Tronrud
Hi, I have a crystal structure at 3A resolution with six copies in the asu. When I average the map over the ncs I find that the original 2Fo-Fc style map has a sigma of 1.5 at 0.3 e/A^3. When I adjust the contour level of the averaged map to match, by eye, the level of the unaveraged map I

Re: [COOT] Sigma levels of ncs averaged maps

2010-12-22 Thread Phil Evans
Why do you want to quote sigma level anyway? It's more or less meaningless for the reasons you give. Stick to e/A^3 /flame Phil On 22 Dec 2010, at 22:02, Dale Tronrud wrote: Hi, I have a crystal structure at 3A resolution with six copies in the asu. When I average the map over the ncs

Re: [COOT] Sigma levels of ncs averaged maps

2010-12-22 Thread Paul Emsley
When creating an NCS average map, Coot draws a box around the chain of interest and averages the map inside that. Everywhere else is set to 0. So inside the box, yes, one might expect the rms value to be a small amount larger (considering points inside the box). However, most of the ASU is

Re: [COOT] Sigma levels of ncs averaged maps

2010-12-22 Thread Dale Tronrud
Thanks Paul, I don't know of a perfect solution to the question of rms for an ncs averaged map. Knowing your imperfect solution clarifies the results I'm seeing and that helps a lot. I guess I'm seeing greater anomalies than others because I have 6-fold ncs and 50% solvent. I take it that