On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Geoffrey Hutchison <[email protected]> wrote: > I posted an "insert crystal" feature to give Avogadro a crystal library of > common structures, much like the molecular fragment database. > > I'm now re-thinking the UI aspect of this. Right now, the patch adds a > command to Build->Insert->Crystal right below the molecular fragments. > > In some sense, that isn't consistent because we add molecular fragments to > "grow" a molecule. The crystal library mostly replaces the current system. > > So I'm wondering if we should add a command under File->Import to read from > the crystal library? Should I do the same thing for the molecular fragment > database? This would save a few clicks for people looking to do simulations > on common molecules: instead of creating a new file, and inserting a > fragment, they can also import the molecule directly. The dialog box would > look identical, but it would be a different (more intuitive) way to find it?
I would like this feature -- I usually just want to replace the current molecule with a fragment, and the import menu sounds like a good home for this functionality. I also agree that "inserting" a crystal into an existing crystal doesn't make a whole lot of sense ;-) Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Avogadro-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/avogadro-devel
