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Dear Z,

naively I would think that rigid body refinement, maybe with ncsr switched on 
in refmac, is similar if not superior to improving NCS operators based on the 
density. Then you can click on Calculate->NCS map in coot after you read in 
the PDB file.

Best,
Tim

On Friday, March 04, 2016 01:44:00 PM Zachary A. Wood wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Does anyone know of any ‘newer’ programs that do what Kleywegt’s wonderful
> RAVE software package does?
> 
> What is great about RAVE is that you generate a mask based on the
> coordinates of a protomer, you then optimize your NCS operators using the
> masked electron correlation coefficients of the other protomers, and then
> generate a nice, averaged electron density map for model building. The
> electron density based optimization of the NCS operators is the best
> feature in my opinion.  I am hoping that someone has automated this process
> of electron density averaging. Don’t get me wrong, RAVE does a fantastic
> job, but it is a bit time consuming and seems ripe for some automation
> (especially when teaching undergrads how to do this stuff).  Thanks in
> advance for any suggestions.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Z
> 
> 
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