Re: [PyMOL] Hiding individual dash/distance objects within a merged-dash object

Hi Harry,

As far as I know, this is not currently possible in PyMOL, but perhaps
someone will correct me on this.

-Michael

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Harry Jubb <hj...@ca...> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Thank you for your response. The problem is that for types of
> inter-molecular interaction all of the visual distances are merged into one
> object in the sidebar (as if created using the measurement wizard with the
> "merge with previous" option on), for which unfortunately the ungroup
> command doesn't seem to work for. Left-clicking on the interaction type in
> the GUI sidebar toggles show/hide for every distance of that interaction
> type, and there are no further disclosure squares which indicates that the
> distances are grouped rather than merged. Ideally I'd like to be able to
> un-merge these objects to make each dash an object that I can hide or show
> individually so I can switch off the ones not connected to a residue of
> interest. Even better (if possible) would be to only show dashes connected
> to a residue of choice.
>
> I hope that makes sense. Thank you for your help,
>
> Harry
>
>
> On 26 Apr 2011, at 13:59, Michael Lerner wrote:
>
> Hi Harry,
>
> If they've been combined using the group command, you can ungroup them:
>
> fetch 1rx1
> # make some distance objects
> dist measure01, 19/C, 20/C
> dist measure02, 20/C, 21/C
> dist measure03, 158/C, 159/C
> dist measure04, 157/C, 159/C
> # group them
> group g1, measure01 or measure02
> group g2, measure03 or measure04
> #ungroup all of them (this leaves empty groups, which you can delete if
> you'd like)
> ungroup measure*
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> -Michael
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Harry Jubb <hj...@ca...> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'd like to ask for some help with dash/distance objects. I have PyMOL
>> session files  which show inter-molecular interactions using PyMOL distance
>> objects. These were created using a script which colours each distance
>> object and merges them according to type of interaction. The problem I'm
>> having is that I would prefer to visualise the interactions on a per-residue
>> basis, i.e. showing all the interactions for one or more residues but not
>> the others, but as the dashes are merged by interaction type I can only hide
>> by that category. Extensive Googling has not led me to a solution to select
>> and hide individual dashes that are merged into one UI object, so I'd like
>> to ask if it is possible to do this? I'm unfortunately no longer able to run
>> the script again (I am at the end of a time limited project and am preparing
>> figures) and I would prefer not to replace each dash manually.
>>
>> I hope this is clear, the crux of what I am asking is if it is possible to
>> select and/or hide individual distance objects in a pymol session after they
>> have been merged into one object. Un-merging them would also be an
>> attractive solution.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Harry
>>
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