A BRIEF GUIDE TO USING CHIME
This tutorial uses the free software program Chime, developed by MDLI.

Chime translates the actual molecular coordinates of a molecule (like this tryptophan) into a 3D structure. The user can manipulate the structure using a variety of methods:
For Mac:

Click on the structure and drag the mouse to rotate.

Shift-click and drag the mouse to zoom.

Option-click and drag the mouse to translate.

Click and hold on the structure to bring up a pull-down meuu.


Click on a button ( ) anywhere on the page.
For PC:

Left-click on the structure and drag the mouse to rotate.

Shift-left-click and drag the mouse to zoom.

Control-right-click and drag the mouse to translate.

Right-click for a pull-down menu.

Click on a button ( ) anywhere on the page.
This help page designed by Timothy P. Driscoll, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, UMass Amherst, USA.

Modified by Frieda Reichsman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst, USA.