DrawBoundingBox

OVERVIEW

Draws the minumum bounding box around your selection.

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  Example min BB

Example

run ~/drawMinBoundingBox.py
fetch 1jsd
drawMinBoundingBox 1jsd, 3, r=0.33, g=0.80

Installation

Just copy the source to your computer. Then run

run /path/to/drawMinBoundingBox.py

Usage

drawMinBoundingBox [selection, [lineWidth, [redColor, [greenColor, [blueColor]]]]]

The Code

Download drawMinBoundingBox.tar.bz2

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-                                                                                     
from pymol.cgo import *                                                                                     
from pymol import cmd                                                                                       
from random import randint                                                                                  
from string import split                                                                                    

#############################################################################
#                                                                            
# drawMinBoundingBox.py -- Draws the smallest box surrounding a selection    
#                                                                            
# AUTHOR: Jason Vertrees                                                     
# DATE  : 2/20/2009                                                          
# NOTES : See comments below.                                                
#                                                                            
#############################################################################
def drawMinBoundingBox(sel="(all)", lineWidth=2.0, r=1.0, g=1.0, b=1.0):     
        """                                                                  
        DESCRIPTION                                                          
                Given sel, draw the minimum bounding box around it.          

        USAGE:
                drawMinBoundingBox [sel, [lineWidth, [r, [g, b]]]]

        PARAMETERS:
                sel,                    the selection to enboxen.  :-)
                                                defaults to (all)     

                lineWidth,              width of box lines
                                                defaults to 2.0

                r,                              red color component, valid range is [0.0, 1.0]
                                                defaults to 1.0                               

                g,                              green color component, valid range is [0.0, 1.0]
                                                defaults to 1.0                                 

                b,                              blue color component, valid range is [0.0, 1.0]
                                                defaults to 1.0                                

        RETURNS
                string, the name of the CGO box

        NOTES
                * This function creates a randomly named CGO box that minimally spans the protein.  The
                user can specify the width of the lines and also the color.                            

                * Maybe add a padding function?  This might help docking folks -- eg. add a 5 Ang border around
                  the protein then draw the box there?                                                         
        """                                                                                                    

        ([minX, minY, minZ],[maxX, maxY, maxZ]) = cmd.get_extent(sel)

        minBB = [
                LINEWIDTH, float(lineWidth),

                BEGIN, LINES,
                COLOR, float(r), float(g), float(b),

                VERTEX, minX, minY, minZ,       #1
                VERTEX, minX, minY, maxZ,       #2

                VERTEX, minX, maxY, minZ,       #3
                VERTEX, minX, maxY, maxZ,       #4

                VERTEX, maxX, minY, minZ,       #5
                VERTEX, maxX, minY, maxZ,       #6

                VERTEX, maxX, maxY, minZ,       #7
                VERTEX, maxX, maxY, maxZ,       #8


                VERTEX, minX, minY, minZ,       #1
                VERTEX, maxX, minY, minZ,       #5

                VERTEX, minX, maxY, minZ,       #3
                VERTEX, maxX, maxY, minZ,       #7

                VERTEX, minX, maxY, maxZ,       #4
                VERTEX, maxX, maxY, maxZ,       #8

                VERTEX, minX, minY, maxZ,       #2
                VERTEX, maxX, minY, maxZ,       #6


                VERTEX, minX, minY, minZ,       #1
                VERTEX, minX, maxY, minZ,       #3

                VERTEX, maxX, minY, minZ,       #5
                VERTEX, maxX, maxY, minZ,       #7

                VERTEX, minX, minY, maxZ,       #2
                VERTEX, minX, maxY, maxZ,       #4

                VERTEX, maxX, minY, maxZ,       #6
                VERTEX, maxX, maxY, maxZ,       #8

                END
        ]

        curName = "minBB_" + str(randint(0,10000))
        while curName in cmd.get_names():
                curName = "minBB_" + str(randint(0,10000))

        cmd.load_cgo(minBB,curName)
        return curName

See Also

Bounding_Box