Note: Click Next (top right hand corner) to navigate through this chapter or use the links below. Headings are listed on the left hand side (web version) or by clicking the Contents button on the left-hand-side of the help window in the graphical user interface.

The Graphical User Interface (GUI) has many components and is designed to make the life of an ICM user easier. Rather than constantly typing commands in the ICM command line you can now point and click on buttons and menus.

When you first use the GUI the default window layout is displayed as shown above.

In this chapter:

How to Load a PDB Structure

How to Move a Structure in the Graphical Display

Making Selections

Changing the Selection Level and Mode

What is Selected

The Workspace Panel

How to (un)Display a Structure

How to Change Coloring

How to Change Protein Representation

How to Save an Object

How to Save an ICM Project File

How to use the Window Menu