How to create a skeleton

A skeleton file stores the general layout of a previously made drawing. This layout can be applied to any other structure drawing.

You will need

a structure drawing
You can make this drawing starting from a DCSE alignment or ct file using another skeleton or from scratch. You can also use a saved RnaViz structure file.

How to do it

Select the structure
Click on any part of the structure you want to make the skeleton from. The current selection will be displayed in red and with a red rectangle. The current object is displayed in red with a blue bounding rectangle.
Save the skeleton file
The skeleton file is created by invoking the "Skeleton.Save skeleton" option in the "File" menu. You will be prompted for a file name in an operating system depended dialog. Provided a suitable name, and you skeleton file is ready for future use.