I want to apply a bunch of arbitrary changes to the positions of atoms via the scripting interface and when I am done force it to redraw the molecule in the position i specified (or the next time a redraw happens because animation is on, draw the molecule in the new position) without having to completely rebuild the representation (i realize this won't be possible with surface and mesh but don't see any reason for it not to work with cartoon, stick or spheres), while maintaining interactivity (the plugin I am developing has various sliders that affect the changes applied to the molecule and I want the molecule to move as the sliders move).
Is this possible or will i have to delve deeper into pymol and extend an interface to do this? Currently I am doing this with cmd.alter_state, is their a better way. I know this must be possible on some level since it is achieved in the sculpting demo and when editing the molecular structure w/ the mouse. thanks in advance, aaron bryden Phillips Lab University Of Wisconsin Madison
