[PyMOL] maps and asymmetric units

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 pym...@li... wrote:

> From: Jacob Corn <jc...@uc...>
> To: pymol-users <pym...@li...>
> Subject: [PyMOL] reiterating a ccp4 map problem
>
> I have several CCP4 maps that have been calculated over the entire unit
> cell (using ccp4's "extend") that can be read in, but only displayed in
> a rectangle covering ~1/3 of the unit cell. Unfortunately, my molecule
> does not lie within that 1/3. Converting the ccp4 maps to other formats
> (xplor, omap, etc.) does not solve the problem.


Coot reads a map asymmetric unit, or an mtz file, and generates the map
over the required space on the fly using the symmetry operators of the
space group.

Would it be possible for pymol to do something similar, or at least to
permit generation of symmetry related maps?