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> I try to develop a plugin where the coordinates of atoms will > be frozen in the Z axis. This feature already exists, although it may not be as easy-to-use or discoverable as one might like. The force field extension offers a constraints dialog. See Extensions -> Molecular Mechanics -> Constraints. What might be nice is for this dialog to pick up on selections -- in other words, select some atoms, pick "freeze Z" and it freezes all the z-coordinates. > I was wondering if there was a way to interact with tools to change their > behavior, or if I need to create a new tool from scratch to do that. You can either add code to existing tools or implement a new tool. If this is the feature you want, I'd probably keep to the existing tools and modify the force field extension code. > Also, is it possible to force glwidget to use only a specific tool (I think > of disconnect() )?... I am pretty new with Qt so it is not really a natural > way of thinking for me. Thanks for your help. Do you mean you want GLWidget to change the current tool? Yes: GLWidget::toolGroup() http://avogadro.openmolecules.net/api/dev/classAvogadro_1_1GLWidget.html // Change to the navigate tool if loaded glwidget->toolGroup()->setActiveTool("navigate"); We'd be happy to help -- subscribe to the list and post whatever questions you have at getting started. Hope that helps, -Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Avogadro-devel mailing list Avogadro-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/avogadro-devel
