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For a description of the options for the maestro command, run the command with the -h
option. The optional filename specifies a file to be imported into the project, in any format that
Maestro recognizes by its extension.
2.1.4
Choosing a Profile
Much of the Maestro interface can be configured or customized, through the use of prefer-
ences, toolbar, menu, and mouse customization, installation of scripts, and use of macros and
shortcuts. These configuration and customization options are stored in your user profiles direc-
tory. See
Chapter 13
for more information on customization and the user profiles directory.
To allow the use of more than one set of customizations, Maestro supports the concept of
profiles. A profile is a named collection of customizations and preferences that can be applied
when you start Maestro. The profiles are stored in the user profiles directory, each in its own
folder (subdirectory). Profile names are case-sensitive, and can include spaces and other non-
alphanumeric characters. The main standard profiles are provided in the distribution:
• Maestro—for general use of Maestro.
• BioLuminate—a customization for the BioLuminate product.
• MaterialsScience—a customization for the Materials Science suite.
• Elements—a simplified Maestro interface designed for medicinal chemistry.
Some other standard profiles are available that perform different customizations, to simulate
the behavior of Maestro 9.1, to simplify the interface for new users, and to emphasize small
molecule features. These profiles are very similar to the main Maestro profile, except that they
may have fewer menu items, or some rearrangements of the toolbars. There is no custom
online help for these profiles, as there is for the main standard profiles, so you may find that
documented features are not available in these profiles.
When you start Maestro without specifying a profile
1
, the
Choose Profile
dialog box opens by
default. In this dialog box you can choose the profile, by selecting it from the list. To start
Maestro with the chosen profile, click
Start
or press
ENTER
, or double-click on the profile you
want to use.
1.
Starting Maestro with a particular profile can be done from the command line or by using the icon for the pro-
file.
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Figure 2.1. The Choose Profile dialog box.
You can set the default profile by clicking in the
Default
column. If you bypass this dialog box
by clearing the
Show this dialog at startup
option, the default profile is used to start Maestro.
To return to displaying this dialog box, choose
Maestro
→
Customize
→
Profiles
, and select
Show the Choose Profile dialog box at startup
in the
Customize Profiles
panel. More informa-
tion on customizing profiles is given in
Section 13.4 on page 323
.
All descriptions in this manual are given for the Maestro profile.
2.2
The Main Window
The Maestro main window is shown in
Figure 2.2
. The following main window components
are always visible:
• Title bar—displays the project name and the current working directory if the relevant
preference is set—see
Section 14.1.4 on page 338
.
• Auto-Help bar—automatically displays context-sensitive help
•
Main menu bar—provides access to panels
• Workspace—displays molecular structures and other 3D graphical objects, such as sur-
faces and Phase hypotheses. Information on a single project entry can also be displayed in
the top left corner—see
Section 14.5.2 on page 358
.
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Figure 2.2. The Maestro main window, showing all window components.
The following main window components can be displayed or hidden by choosing the compo-
nent from the
Window
menu. Your choice of which main window components are displayed is
persistent between Maestro sessions.
• Toolbars—contain buttons for many common tasks. See
Section 2.4 on page 17
for an
overview of the toolbars and references to more detailed information.
•
Status bar—displays information about a particular atom, about structures in the Work-
space, or about the contents of the Workspace and job status. See
Section 2.5 on page 23
.
• Clipping planes window—displays a small, top view of the Workspace that shows the
clipping planes and viewing volume indicators. Hidden by default. See
Section 4.6 on
page 72
.
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• Sequence viewer—shows sequences for proteins displayed in the Workspace. Hidden by
default. See
Section 2.6 on page 25
.
• Command input area—provides a place to enter Maestro commands. Hidden by
default. Command completion is supported for the keyword (but not the options).
When a distinction between components in the main window and those in other panels is
needed, the term main is applied to the main window components (e.g., main menu bar).
The toolbars are dockable: they can be moved to any side of the Workspace or dragged out of
the Workspace entirely.
You can expand the Workspace to occupy the full screen, by pressing
CTRL+=
or choosing
Workspace
→
Full Screen
. All other components and panels are hidden. To return to the
previous display, press
ESC
.
The following sections describe some of these main window components in more detail.
2.3
The Menu Bar
The menus on the main menu bar provide access to panels, allow you to enter commands, and
control the appearance and contents of the Workspace. The main menus are as follows:
•
Maestro
—change directories, check for software updates, set preferences, customize
menus, toolbars, and mouse actions, display main window components, set up command
aliases and macros, interact with PyMOL, and quit Maestro.
•
Project
—display
Project Table and annotation; create, open, close, copy, delete, save,
back up, restore, and merge projects; import and export structures. For more information
on projects, see
Chapter 9
.
•
Edit
—undo actions, copy and paste structures or images, delete Workspace objects, select
atoms, find atoms, build and modify structures, and mark entries.
•
View
—change the view of the Workspace objects (rotate, translate, zoom, align) or the
view attributes (clipping, perspective, depth perception, fog), enter or exit stereo mode,
save or restore particular views, tile the Workspace.
•
Workspace
—control the display of the contents of the Workspace, save Workspace
images and Workspace “scenes”.
•
Tools
—group atoms; measure, align, superimpose, and minimize structures; assign struc-
tural features; and view and visualize data.
•
Applications
—set up, submit, and monitor jobs for Schrödinger’s computational pro-
grams. Some products have a submenu from which you can choose a specific task.