First Time Plugin Installation (to use the interactive 3D slides)

Identify and click on the gene of interest in thehistone tail resource. This will take you to theinteractive 3D slides of the structures.

You will reach a page which looks like this:

You’ll need to installthe activeICM pluginin order to see the3D interactivewindow – pleaseclick on the link fromthe right window.

You’ll need to installthe activeICM pluginin order to see the3D interactivewindow – pleaseclick on the link fromthe right window.

Upon clicking, you’ll be taken toMolSoft – the provider of theactiveICM plugin.

Please identify your operatingsystem and follow the instructionson this document.

For more information about theplugin and the downloads:www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html

Upon clicking, you’ll be taken toMolSoft – the provider of theactiveICM plugin.

Please identify your operatingsystem and follow the instructionson this document.

For more information about theplugin and the downloads:www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html

Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) Download and run the latest installer and follow the

installation instructions

Close all web browser windows and restart web browser

Supported web browsers: Firefox, IE, Opera or Chrome

Mac OS X Download the latest version

Firefox: select ‘open with DiskImageMounter’; a newwindow will open – click on the icon to launch theinstaller and follow the instructions

Safari: the installer will be launched automatically

Close all web browser windows and restart web browser

Supported web browsers: Safari 32bit, Firefox

Linux Download the latest version

tar xzf activeicm-{version}.tgz (to unpackthe archive)

cd activeicmplugin

sh activeicm-plugin-installer (runs theinstaller; follow the installation instructions)

Close all web browser windows and restart web browser

Supported web browser: Firefox

After restarting your browser, open again thelink to the enhanced version of the article.

Support: isee@sgc.ox.ac.uk

Text in bold and green is linkedto scenes in the 3D windowexplaining that topic and can beclicked to activate the scene

Once the scene is shown, youcan interact directly with the 3Dwindow to better examine thefeature being presented.

The navigation is not sequential:you can choose to see any scene,anytime, in any order.

The font size of the text can bechanged by using Ctrl+ and Ctrl-

At any point you can reset thescene to the initial state usingthe ‘reset’ link in the text.

The left window containsthe main text describing the3D structures and providingthe analysis.

iSeeiSee –– Quick Reference ChartQuick Reference Chart

Text and imagesText and images Interactive 3DInteractive 3D

There are two main windows in every iSee session – one with text and static images (left) and another which allows interactionwith 3D objects (right). The features and behaviours for each window are described below. Support: isee@sgc.ox.ac.uk

Everything displayed in this windowcan be manipulated using the mouse

The 3D window has several ‘hot-zones’ (marked as red boxes in thefigure), which provides access tooperations that change the scene’sview

Move the cursor into one of thesezones to change the draggingfunction of your mouse (see below)

Arrows at the bottom changes theslides

Molsoft logo gives access to extrafunctions

All the functions described below assumes clicking +holding on the button indicated (i.e. dragging):

Left button

move = translation

Middle button

move = selection(markers appear);select empty zonesto remove selection

Right button

move = rotation

up/down = zoom in/out

up/down = zoom in/out

up/down = clip back plane

up/down = clip front plane

up/down = clip back+front planes