Measurements

Structural measurements: distances, angles, dihedrals, and contacts.

Shortcut

/measure <type> [args]

Expands to /measurements <type> [args].

Commands

/measurements distance

Measure distance between two atoms.

/measure distance A/45/CA B/120/CA

Creates a dashed line in the viewer and prints the distance in angstroms.

/measurements angle

Measure angle between three atoms.

/measure angle A/45/CA A/45/C A/45/N

/measurements dihedral

Measure dihedral angle between four atoms.

/measure dihedral A/45/N A/45/CA A/45/C A/46/N

/measurements contacts

Find contacts within a cutoff distance.

/measure contacts ligand 4.0

/measurements pick_distance

Interactive distance measurement — click two atoms.

/measure pick_distance

/measurements pick_angle

Interactive angle measurement — click three atoms.

/measure pick_angle

/measurements pick_dihedral

Interactive dihedral measurement — click four atoms.

/measure pick_dihedral

/measurements resdistance

Measure minimum distance between two residues.

/measure resdistance A/45 A/120

/measurements ramachandran

Calculate Ramachandran angles for a selection.

/measure ramachandran protein

/measurements table

Display all measurements in a table.

/measure table

Shows all registered measurements (distances, angles, dihedrals) with their values.