OK, that's done. As I did it, I realize that the analogy of a "camera" and
a "scene" is very outside the standard way we think of it (or at least, I
think of it) in Jmol. I've always considered it to be a model I was holding
in my hand and manipulating manually. Funny!
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote:
> Great suggestion. There is a detailed document that explains the
> perspective, but, right, there isn't much in the script documentation. I'll
> add a keyword for camera in "see also" .
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:58 AM, N David Brown <hubd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It might be worth adding the word 'camera' to the moveTo description,
>> because anyone searching the page for this common 3D term wouldn't arrive
>> at moveTo..
>>
>> Alternatively a camera section listing the camera-related command
>> collection would benefit a first time scripter.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 5 February 2013 22:13, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote:
>>
>> yes, Jmol has some interesting and possibly nonstandard flexibility with
>>> regard to perspective. For example, the point of rotation can be anywhere
>>> on the screen and at any point in the model.
>>>
>>> And you can also "navigate through" a model. (A nice demonstration of
>>> this is at http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/molecules/(protein and
>>> nanogear "tour" links on the left).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 5:37 PM, N David Brown <hubd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah - just looked again and saw moveto and more usefully center.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3 February 2013 22:39, N David Brown <hubd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> How can the viewport camera position, view direction and Up vector be
>>>>> configured?
>>>>>
>>>>> More simply, can a "look at" coordinate be specified via any command,
>>>>> potentially with a configured camera distance?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have sought relevant keywords in the online documentation but other
>>>>> than cameraDepth nothing's turned up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks for your time.
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>
>
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> Robert M. Hanson
> Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
> Chair, Chemistry Department
> St. Olaf College
> Northfield, MN
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
>
>
> If nature does not answer first what we want,
> it is better to take what answer we get.
>
> -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
>
>
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Robert M. Hanson
Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
Chair, Chemistry Department
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
If nature does not answer first what we want,
it is better to take what answer we get.
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