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To obtain this slab in FirstGlance, you simply depress a ''Slab'' button. By default, the thickness of the slab is 10% of the diameter of the capsid (but this is adjustable). Here is a '''snapshot of the ''Views'' tab of FirstGlance'''. After the initial view of the capsid appears, getting this slab takes 3 clicks indicated by the red arrows: Click on the ''Views'' tab, depress the ''Slab'' button, and check ''Rotate slab''. | To obtain this slab in FirstGlance, you simply depress a ''Slab'' button. By default, the thickness of the slab is 10% of the diameter of the capsid (but this is adjustable). Here is a '''snapshot of the ''Views'' tab of FirstGlance'''. After the initial view of the capsid appears, getting this slab takes 3 clicks indicated by the red arrows: Click on the ''Views'' tab, depress the ''Slab'' button, and check ''Rotate slab''. | ||
[[Image:Firstglance-slab-controls.png]] | [[Image:Firstglance-slab-controls.png]] | ||
==Measuring the Slab== | |||
<jmol> | |||
<jmolLink> | |||
<script> | |||
script /wiki/images/e/ee/Echo-loading.spt; | |||
script /wiki/images/d/de/6mx4-nohet-slab-distance-diameters.spt; | |||
spin on; | |||
</script> | |||
<text>The outside diameter of the capsid is about Å.</text> | |||
</jmolLink> | |||
</jmol> | |||
In FirstGlance (and JSmol), distances are measured by double-clicking on first one, then the second of the two relevant atoms. | |||
</StructureSection> | </StructureSection> | ||
