Jul 3 2008
Contents
 
Introduction
Overview - RECOMMENDED READING FOR NEW ICM USERS
File Menu
Graphics Move Tools
Display Tab
Light Tab
Labels Tab
PDB Search Tab
Meshes Tab
View Menu
 Undisplay All
 Clear-Display-and-Planes
 Selection Level
 Selection Mode
 Fog
 Side-by-Side Stereo
 Hardware Stereo
 Full Screen
 Perspective
 Full Scene Antialias
 High Quality
 Easy Rotate
 Shadows
 Animate View
 Drag Res Labels
 Antialias Lines
 Color Background
 Save Viewpoint
 Center
 Macro Shape
 Select by Purple 3D Box
 Clipping Tools
 Mesh Clipping
Selections
Tables
Local DB
Sequences
Bioinfo Menu
Tools Menu - Xray
Tools Menu - 3D Predict
Tools Menu - Analysis
Tools Menu - Superimpose
Homology and Modelling
Working with Chemistry Tools
Chemsitry Menu
Docking
Ligand Editor
Animations, Slides, & Documents
ActiveICM
Movie Making
Frequently Asked Questions
Tutorial - Graphical Display
Molecular Document
Tutorial - Working with PDB Protein Structures
Tutorial - Working with Sequence Alignments
Tutorial - Ligand Binding Pocket Analysis
Tutorial - Homology and Modeling Tools
Tutorial - Crystallographic Analysis Tools
Tutorial - Working with Chemical Tables
Tutorial - Working with the Molecular Editor
Tutorial - Chemical Searching
Tutorial - Docking and Virtual Ligand Screening
 
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10.22 Clipping Tools
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The clipping tools allow you to adjust the frames of the ICM window, changing the clipping planes.

Clipping planes can also be moved without switching to the clipping tool, if you click the right hand margin of the graphics window:

  • The top section of the right 5% margin of the graphics window: moves the back clipping plane
  • The middle section of the right 5% margin of the graphics window: moves the slab (both clipping planes)
  • The bottom section of the right 5% margin of the graphics window: moves the front clipping plane

In order to move the front or rear clipping planes of your screen:

  • Click on the Move front clipping plane or Move rear clipping plane icons on the toolbar.
  • Click and drag the respective plane frontward or backward, depending on how you wish to clip it.

You can also move the slab of viewing window, keeping the distance between the front and back clipping planes. In order to adjust the area of the structure where your viewing window is located:

  • Click on the Slab icon on the toolbar.
  • Click and drag the slab frontward or backward, depending on the desired area of the structure you wish to see.

If you have made changes to the clipping planes which you do not wish to keep or you wish to automatically fit your entire structure within the clipping planes:

  • Click on the Unclip icon on the toolbar. This will automatically set the clipping planes to fit your object.


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