Sep 17 2008
Contents
 
Introduction
Overview - RECOMMENDED READING FOR NEW ICM USERS
File Menu
Graphics Move Tools
 Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
 Move Buttons
Display Tab
Light Tab
Labels Tab
PDB Search Tab
Meshes Tab
View Menu
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
iSee Wizard
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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4.1 Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts		Next
The left mouse button can be mapped onto different graphics tools which can be selected from the right hand tool bar.
Note: (1) You can access many non-rotation modes directly from the rotation mode by using Middle and Right-mouse buttons, as well as by using the right, top and left margins of the graphics window. (2) You can access the rotation mode from non-rotation modes by pressing Ctrl.
  • rotation ( the default , press Ctrl if you in the non-rotation modes )
  • translation ( the middle mouse button in the rotation mode)
  • zooming in and out by dragging the mouse up and down (the left margin in the rotation mode, or use the mouse wheel)
  • Z-rotation ( the top margin in the rotation mode)
  • selecting by box ( the right mouse click in the rotation mode )
  • selecting by lasso ( Ctrl-draw lasso in the rotation mode )
  • picking out atoms ( a toggle )
  • picking out and labeling residues (a toggle)
  • moving the front clipping plane ( the top section of the right margin in the rotation mode)
  • moving the rear clipping plane ( the bottom section of the right margin in the rotation mode)
  • moving the slab ( the middle section of right margin in the rotation mode)
  • unclipping ( Ctrl-U )
  • rotating torsions (Ctrl-left-mouse-click in the rotation mode)
  • connect and unconnect separate molecules to movement controls
Many useful graphics tips are summarized here.

NOTE: Key mouse controls are summarized in the command line manual here http://www.molsoft.com/man/graphics-controls.html

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