Aug 8 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
 Surfaces
 Meshes
 Google 3D
 Mesh options
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
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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9.1 Surfaces
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The surface of your structure can be displayed and colored. To do this:

  • Load a structure into ICM File/Open or tab-pdb{PDB Search}
  • converting-pdb{Convert} the structure into an ICM object.
  • Select the 'meshes' tab button.

The buttons and options you need to use are shown below:

First you need to decide by what parameter you wish to color the surface:

  • Click on the drop down arrow menu shown below and select which parameter you wish to color the surface by.

  • Click the button next to the menu to color the surface of your molecule.

If you wish to have your surface displayed in wire check the 'wire' box next to the menu.

To display or undisplay the surface click in the box in the ICM workspace as shown below:

NOTE: All surfaces, meshes and macroshapes come under the one heading of meshes in the workspace panel.


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