ViewDock

ViewDock is a UCSF Chimera extension for viewing output poses from several docking software packages. There is a tutorial on the Chimera web pages.

Keyboard shortcuts

Using ViewDock requires a fair amount of clicking and mouse movement. To reduce these you can use this Chimera accelerators script, mostly written by Tom Goddard (Chimera user list discussion):

def register_accelerators():                                                     
                                                                                 
  from Accelerators import standard_accelerators                                 
  standard_accelerators.register_accelerators()                                  
                                                                                 
  from Accelerators import add_accelerator                                       
  add_accelerator('cd', 'Mark current View Dock compound deleted', vdock_delete) 
  add_accelerator('cx', 'Mark current View Dock compound purged', vdock_purged)  
  add_accelerator('cv', 'Mark current View Dock compound viable', vdock_viable)  
  add_accelerator('cn', 'Move to next View Dock compound', vdock_next)           
  add_accelerator('cp', 'Move to next View Dock compound', vdock_previous)       
  add_accelerator('ct', 'Print ViewDock totals to Reply Log', vdock_totals)                      
                                                                                 
def vdock_delete():                                                              
    from ViewDock.Compound import Compound                                       
    vdock_set_state(Compound.Deleted)                                            
                                                                                 
def vdock_purged():                                                              
    from ViewDock.Compound import Compound                                       
    vdock_set_state(Compound.Purged)                                             
                                                                                 
def vdock_viable():                                                              
    from ViewDock.Compound import Compound                                       
    vdock_set_state(Compound.Viable)                                             
                                                                                 
def vdock_set_state(state):                                                      
    vd = vdock_dialog()                                                          
    if vd:                                                                       
        vd.results.setSelectedState(state)                                       
        vd._reloadCompounds()                                                    
                                                                                 
def vdock_next():                                                                
    vdock_step(1)                                                                
                                                                                 
def vdock_previous():                                                            
    vdock_step(-1)                                                               
                                                                                 
def vdock_step(step):                                                            
    vd = vdock_dialog()                                                          
    if vd:                                                                       
        r = vd.results                                                           
        csel = r.selected                                                        
        if csel:                                                                 
          c = csel[0]                                                            
          clist = r.compoundList                                                 
          i = clist.index(c)                                                     
          if i+step < len(clist) and i+step >= 0:                                
            nextc = clist[i+step]                                                
            vd.results.setSelected([nextc])                                      
                                                                                 
def vdock_totals():                                                              
    from ViewDock.Compound import Compound                                       
    print "Counting ViewDock molecules"                                          
    vd = vdock_dialog()                                                          
    if vd:                                                                       
        r = vd.results                                                           
        clist = r.compoundList                                                   
        if clist:                                                                
            n_total   = 0                                                        
            n_viable  = 0                                                        
            n_deleted = 0                                                        
            n_purged  = 0                                                        
            for c in clist:                                                      
                n_total += 1                                                     
                if c.state == Compound.Viable:                                   
                    n_viable  += 1                                               
                elif c.state == Compound.Deleted:                                
                    n_deleted += 1                                               
                elif c.state == Compound.Purged:                                 
                    n_purged  += 1                                               
        print n_total, "total compounds."                                        
        print n_viable, "viable compounds."                                      
        print n_deleted, "deleted compounds."                                    
        print n_purged, "purged compounds."                                      
        print "Keep at it!"                                                      
                                                                                 
def vdock_dialog():                                                              
    from ViewDock import ViewDock                                                
    from chimera import extension                                                
    for vd in extension.manager.instances:                                       
        if isinstance(vd, ViewDock):                                             
            return vd                                                            
    return None 

To use, enable Chimera keyboard shortcuts and load the new file.

Accelerators "cv" (Viable), "cd" (Delete), "cx" (Purge), work like clicking the radio buttons in the ViewDock dialog box - they change the status of the selected compound. Accelerators "cn" and "cp" move forward or back one compound. "ct" counts the compounds with each status, the output is shown in the Chimera "Reply Log" (Tools > Utilities > Reply Log).

ChimeraX/ViewDockX

There is an equivalent tool ViewDockX in the next generation visualisation tool ChimeraX.