Theory
A tether is a harmonic restraint pulling an atom in the current object
to a static point in space. This point is represented by an atom in
another object. Typically, it is used to relate the geometry of an ICM
molecular object with that of, say, an X-ray structure whose geometry is
considered as a target. Tethers can be imposed between atoms of an
ICM-object and atoms belonging to another object, which is static and
may be a non-ICM-object. You cannot create tethers in ICM-Browser,
however, if the project that you have loaded contains tethers between
two objects, then they can be displayed:
- Click on the display tab (previously called advanced tab).
- Click on the 'Toggle Tethers' button.
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