Getting started

Make sure all steps in the Installation Guide section above are done and the rosetta_script executable can be called from the command line where you start Chimera.

The plug-in tries to detect the naming location and naming convention of the executables when initializing. If no Rosetta executables are detected a warning dialog will appear and StarMap will later create scripts with default naming conventions. These scripts maybe need modification with a normal text editor before execution from the commandline.

More information on how to test the Rosetta installation is in the Rosetta HowTo section.

Use StarMap

1. Run ChimeraX.

2. The plug-in is in the menu order Tools -> Volume Data -> StarMap. It can also be called by a script or the ChimeraX command:

ui tool show starmap

3. You can drag & drop the StarMap window by clicking with the mouse on the text StarMap and move the window with the pressed mouse button inside or outside ChimeraX. The StarMap window has a fixed size for layout reasons.

4. Sample scripts and data are located in the examples folder from our website (References).

5. Each example has a ChimeraX .cxc command file, which can be loaded and will set the used values in the StarMap user interface.

6. StarMap works best in a working directory where all files are located. To switch the working directory in ChimeraX use the ChimeraX commandline:

cd ~/myworkdir