On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM, David Lonie <lonieda...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Geoffrey Hutchison <geo...@pitt.edu> wrote: >> I posted an "insert crystal" feature to give Avogadro a crystal library of >> common structures, much like the molecular fragment database. >> >> I'm now re-thinking the UI aspect of this. Right now, the patch adds a >> command to Build->Insert->Crystal right below the molecular fragments. >> >> In some sense, that isn't consistent because we add molecular fragments to >> "grow" a molecule. The crystal library mostly replaces the current system. >> >> So I'm wondering if we should add a command under File->Import to read from >> the crystal library? Should I do the same thing for the molecular fragment >> database? This would save a few clicks for people looking to do simulations >> on common molecules: instead of creating a new file, and inserting a >> fragment, they can also import the molecule directly. The dialog box would >> look identical, but it would be a different (more intuitive) way to find it? > > I would like this feature -- I usually just want to replace the > current molecule with a fragment, and the import menu sounds like a > good home for this functionality. I also agree that "inserting" a > crystal into an existing crystal doesn't make a whole lot of sense ;-) > I concur - I think import would be a great spot for this as crystals do seem to need to mostly take over rather than be inserted.
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