on 2/13/05 10:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes, there is a difference in orientation. > > RasMol/Chime are not consistently right handed. It has been a while since= > > I looked at the details of this, but here is my rough recollection: > > 1. RasMol +Y axis points down. This means that the +Z axis points away > from the user instead of towards the user. (I assume that this was done > originally because computer screen y coordinates increase as you go down > the screen.) > > By default (see below), Jmol is orients the +Y axis point upwards and the= > > +Z axis coming out of the screen and towards the user. > > rotating 180 degrees about the X axis will allow you to move between > RasMol/Chime and Jmol. > > 2. RasMol/Chime rotations about the Z axis are left-handed, not > right-handed. Jmol, by default, is consistently right-handed. > > you can correct this issue by negating all the 'rotate z 999' commands in= > > your existing RasMol scripts to be 'rotate z -999'
I checked 2 old RasMol scripts, and this indeed does it. Thanks! -Steve ***************************************************************** Steven B. Vik Professor Department of Biological Sciences Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275-0376 Phone (214) 768-4228 Fax (214) 768-3955 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW http://faculty.smu.edu/svik or http://svik.life.smu.edu ***************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
