Jan Reichert sent (2004.05.14 at 3.24p [+0200gmt]) : >Miguel wrote: > >>I would like feedback from people regarding the cartoon rendering >>in Jmol. >> >>The rockets/arrows rendering that is currently in Jmol was intended >>to be temporary. >> >>(Note that the rockets for helix representation are in the wrong >>position) >> >>At some level, I would like to be RasMol/Chime compatible ... but >>higher quality rendering. >> >>Q: Should the word 'cartoons' be reserved for something that is >>(essentially) RasMol/Chime compatible? >> >> >> >yes > essentially... but I see no problem with 'tweaking' the standard cartoon to make it more appealing, visually. for example, I like your idea of showing directionality in the helix cartoon.
>>Q: Is there a standard definition of what a 'schematic' >>representaion should look like? >> >> >> >simplified > I don't think there should be a single representation called schematic because this is a fairly generic word. paraphrased from Mirriam-Webster: schematic. an organized way of representing a complex situation. if Jmol is to offer different types of schematic rendering, we should come up with more useful terminology. for example, all of these are schematic: cartoon ribbons strands trace >>Q: What shapes would people like to see for cartoons/schematic >>rendering? >> another popular 'schematic' rendering (related to the Rasmolian cartoon) is the "Richardson diagram" - helices are shown as solid cylinders, beta strands as arrows. also useful would be "ladders" and "rings" for nucleic acids. regards, tim -- Timothy Driscoll molvisions - see, grasp, learn. <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id%62&alloc_ida84&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
