Make "clip list" command report exact clip command to restore clipping

[Tom Goddard]

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From: Timothy Springer
Subject: [chimerax-users] Re: clip
Date: February 15, 2026 at 10:17:48 AM PST
To: ChimeraX Users Help

Hi Elaine, Thanks for your excellent support. As I understand, only view spec saves the clipping planes. Otherwise they are default based on the objects in the view. I want to carefully adjust the planes, which is not possible with view alone. Scenes saves clipping planes, but only in sessions.
Pymol does save clipping planes in views, and it copies the exact command to the log file, which is a nice feature for use in .pml files. Pymol has more examples of each command. You did point me to read the usage lines in the command help page, but these are still difficult for me to understand.
Pymol is easier for people who want command line control. Chimerax has a better gui and most people use the gui. It also has wonderful command line features. I wish the log files would echo the exact command needed to reproduce something, but there is often a change in syntax as in the clip commands. I notice this in windowsize, too. when the window size is reported, it is window size x, y. why not make it windowsize x, y so one can copy directly to a .cxc file? Why not make the clip list command print out exactly what is needed in a command line?

• Tim