Max, you have found some new and some not-so-new bugs. Thanks for testing this. All are fixed for 11.5.27
Bob Latévi Max LAWSON DAKU wrote: > Dear Bob, > Dear Jmol developers and users, > > I'm trying to use Jmol for representing in a realistic > manner the angles that describe the arrangement > of atoms around a given centre. These angles are > sketched in the attached figure "model.png". > > While doing this, with Jmol-11.5.26, I've found two bugs. > > 1) PovRay rendering of "circles" is buggy: circles are > displayed as filled cylinders. > fixed for 11.5.27 > - render_view.simple.jpg: this file as been obtained by > using the "save current view as a image" button -> fine > > - render_view.povray.png: the PovRay rendering of the > same view: you can notice the dark thin cylinders. > these images weren't included in the message I got. > The view can be reproduced with the attached files: > "main.xyz" and "script_part1" > > > 2) The WIDTH and OFFSET options of the DRAW command > show unexpected (buggy ?) behaviour. > > This can be notice with the attached file "script_part2". > It contains the commands which I'm trying to use to sketch > the angles. > > - Drawing 'cone1_generator' with a 'WIDTH' smaller than > 0.05 gives strange results. The OFFSET option doesn't > seem to be working. > this is also fixed for 11.5.27 > - The segments 'angle1_a' and 'angle1_b' are not correctly > drawn unless a 'WIDTH' of 0.05, at least, is used to draw > them. > > Please don't hesitate to contact me for any further information. > > Best regards, > Max > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
