Instructions for Viewing Rasmol Lectures
Downloading --
Installing --
Configuring Your Browswer --
Manipulating 3D Structures
Downloading RasMol 2.6
Go to the Brookhaven National Lab's FTP site and get the software and help files.
- For Mac:
- For Win 3.1
- For Win 95/NT
Installing RasMol
- Uncompress the files into a directory/folder of your choice.
- In Windows you will need to make icons for the executable and the
help files.
For further information see the "Official"
Installation instructions.
Configuring Your Browser for RasMol Scripts
There are two ways to use Rasmol. It can read plain, unscripted
Protein Data Bank files in the
PDB format, or it can read "RasMol Scripted" PDB files. You must configure
your browser correctly to read both types. The MIME type for PDB files is
chemical/x-pdb and the MIME type for RasMol Scripts is application/x-rasmol.
The descriptions below discuss how to configure your browser to view
these files. Just substitute the chemical/x-pdb MIME type for where
appropriate (and follow additional instructions) to and an additional
configuration to view the PDB type with RasMol
NOTE: RasMol Lecture use only the application/x-rasmol type. If you
download the Chemscape Chime Plugin, you will NOT need the chemical/x-pdb
configuration.
- For Mac:
- For Netscape 2.0 and higher:
- Select Options-General Preferences
- Select the Helpers tag
- Select New
- Enter: Rasmol Script for "Description", application for "Mime Type" and x-rasmol for "Mime Subtype"
- Enter: rasmol for "File Extensions"
- Select Launch Application for "Action"
- Select the Rasmol Application for "Launch Application"
- Select RSML as the "File Type" from the pulldown for RasMol Scripts.
Select TXT as the "File Type" for PDB files.
- Select Ok
- For Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 and higher:
- Information not yet available
- For Win 3.1/95/NT
- For Netscape 2.0 and higher:
- Select Options-General Preferences
- Select the Helpers tag
- Select Create New Type
- Enter: application for "Mime Type" and x-rasmol for "Mime Subtype"
- Select Ok
- Enter: rasmol for "File Extensions"
- Select Launch Application for "Action"
- Enter: "Drive:\path\raswin32.exe -script" for "Launch Application"
Do not include the "-script" when configuring for PDB files!
- Select Ok
- For Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 and higher:
- Information not yet available
Using RasMol to View Molecules
Comprehensive RasMol instructions can be found at:
http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/distrib/rasman.htm
As you go through these tutorials, you will look at a number of
views of this molecule designed to highlight certain features.
Feel free to experiment with the various menu options at any time.
As described in the table below, you can also use the mouse to
translate, rotate, and zoom in and out on the molecule.
Action |
Macintosh |
PC |
To rotate about the x-axis: | Use the right scroll bar.
| Same |
To rotate about the y-axis: | Use the bottom scroll bar.
| Same |
To rotate about the z-axis: | While simultaneously holding down the command and shift keys, click and drag the mouse in the direction of the desired rotation.
|
Hold down shift key, click and drag the right mouse in the direction of the desired rotation. |
To translate: | While holding down the option key, click and drag the mouse in the direction of the desired translation.
| Click and drag right mouse buttion in the direction of
the desired rotation. |
To zoom in and out: | While holding down the shift key, click and drag the mouse up (to zoom out) or down (to zoom in).
| Same |
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Last revision: October 24, 1996