Structure Window : View Commands

Zoom in

Zoom the camera in towards the structure - makes the structure bigger.

Zoom out

Zoom the camera away from the structure - makes the structure smaller.

Restore

Restore the camera angle stored the last time the structure was saved to a file. Same as Reset when no view information has been saved.

Reset

Reset the camera angle so that the entire structure is visible inside the window.

Next frame

Switch to the next frame, or the first frame if all frames are currently visible.

A "frame" means different things depending on what type of data is being viewed. If the structure is a single MMDB entry, but is for example an NMR solution where the original PDB entry contains multiple models, then each frame will contain one model. If it's a single structure, but the PDB entry has disordered residues, then each frame will contain one ensemble of disordered coordinates. If you're viewing a multiple-structure file (like a CDD or a VAST alignment), then each frame contains a separate PDB structure.

Previous frame

Switch to the previous frame. (See the description of frames above.)

First frame

Switch to the first frame. (See the description of frames above.)

Last frame

Switch to the last frame. (See the description of frames above.)

All frames

Show all frames simultaneously. (See the description of frames above.)

Animation

There are two different types of animation available: frames and spinning. Play frames will flip through the frames without moving the structure, whereas Spin will continuously rotate the current structure. Stop will discontinue either type of animation. Set delay allows you to specify the time - in milliseconds - spent on each frame (and so applies to frame animation only); a smaller value will make the animation go faster.

Stereo

Show the structure in side-by-side stereo. Controls for specifics of the stereo view are in the advanced tab of the Preferences panel.