Nico has just released the development version 11.1.2. This release has some interesting new commands associated with it.
New SET commands: set cameraDepth x.xx set hideNavigationPoint set navigationDepth # in 11.1.2 use equivalent: navigate 0 DEPTH x.xx set navigationMode TRUE/FALSE set perspectiveStyle 11/10 # (10 disallows navigation) set picking navigation set rotationRadius x.xx set showNavigationPointAlways set visualRange x.xx These settings determine various aspects of navigation that are described more fully in the interactive documentation http://www.stolaf.edu/academics/chemapps/jmol/docs New show command: show set This shows all current settings. The main new command is "navigate" (or "navigation"). With it you can bring the user to whatever position in space you desire. Examples will follow. navigate nSec center {x y z} navigate nSec center $object navigate nSec center (atom selection) navigate nSec depth p # a depth value, like slab, in percent (0 rear, 100 front) navigate nSec path $object indexStart indexEnd navigate nSec path (atom expr) {x y z} (atomexpr) (atomexpr) {x y z} etc... navigate nSec path {x y z theta} {x y z theta}{x y z theta}{x y z theta}... navigate nSec rotate X degrees navigate nSec rotate Y degrees navigate nSec rotate Z degrees navigate nSec translate x.xx y.yy # percentages; 0 0 center navigate nSec translate X x.xx # relative percent navigate nSec translate Y y.yy # relative percent navigate nSec translate {x y z} navigate nSec translate $object # could be a draw object navigate nSec translate (atom selection) #average of values The nSec parameter is optional and defaults to 2 seconds. Commands can be stacked together for convenience only using “/”: navigate depth 20 / rotate X 30 / depth 20 / translate X 10 Note that “depth 20” after the rotation is different from “depth 20” before – it is along a different axis. Also note that concurrent spinning of the model, though possible, is not recommended during navigation. Many of these commands depend upon the current model orientation. If that is changed by the user or by spinning during navigation, the end result is not guaranteed. In principal one could safeguard against this, but we are not there yet. In addition, an extension to the moveTo command allows simultaneous reorienting and navigation: moveTo [timeSec] {x y z w} zoom [xTrans yTrans] ({center}) [rotationRadius] ({navCenter}) [navX navY navDepth] The basic sequence to using navigation is: 1) issue set navigationMode 2) either use the keypad keys or Navigation is more fully discussed in a technical document I've put together summarizing the Jmol perspective and navigation model, which can be found at http://www.stolaf.edu/academics/jmol/docs/misc/navigation.pdf I'll put together a demo page on navigation when I get the chance. Bob Hanson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
