Andy:
To get Dynamic Distance to work, one first has to activate part of the molecule to be movable, e.g. with Rotate/Translate Zone. Then go to Measures->Distance & Angles...->Dynamic Distance and click on two atoms, one of which must be in the movable part of the molecule. Surprisingly, I don't think the order matters. You may choose additional Dynamic Distances, by click on Dynamic Distance again and then two atoms. Steven >-----Original Message----- >From: Mailing list for users of COOT Crystallographic Software >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Torelli >Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:44 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Updating measured distance/angle > >Hello everyone, > > I'm wondering if it's possible to configure COOT to update >distances/angles automatically when atoms are moved. I read a 2007 >COOTbb post indicating this would be implemented as "dynamic distances" >in the 0.5 release, however I'm running 0.5.2 and I can't seem to get >the "dynamic distances" button in the geometry menu to do anything. So >far I haven't found the right information in the manual. The Jan. 2008 >COOT 0.4 announcement post to the bb says that Dynamic Distances are >"distances to intermediate atoms", but I'm not sure what that means. >Any insight would be greatly appreciated. > >Best Regards, >-Andy Torelli >-- > >============================================= >Andrew T. Torelli Ph.D. >Postdoctoral Associate >Laboratory of Steven E. Ealick >Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology >Cornell University >=============================================
