John, I am having the exact same problem. I need the NCS parameters in a format suitable for AutoBuild which I think is different than phenix.refine. Are you trying to use phenix.simple_ncs_from_pdb routine in GUI? Let me know if you have made any progress. Thanks, Mark

Hello,

I am having difficulties defining NCS parameters using the GUI interface (Mac 10.4.11; phenix 1.6-289).

Phenix will automatically select NCS restraint groups and use them during refinement. But if I edit the automated selections to my liking then click on Update and Save, the refinement runs with the original parameters unedited. I have tried reading in a ncs.param file, but it does not get read during the refinement run. Also, an intermittent problem with this GUI is that I am not allowed to "Add" a new restraint group. When I click this button, it just clears out the selections on the last group, and does not add a new group. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Best, John

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