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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2013 - 15:19:52 CDT

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Chris Knorowski <cdknorow_at_iastate.edu> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a quick question about vmd. I am using the clip tool to aid in
> visualizations of crystal structures. I'm wondering if there is a quick way
> to figure out what direction in vmd the image is oriented so I can plug that
> into the clip tool. For example, I'd like to be able to clip the plane
> whose normal is straight up (not the normal to the view).

Display->Axes

if you don't rotate. x is to the right, y is up and z is toward you.

axel.

>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
> --
> Christopher Knorowski
>
> Iowa State Physics Department 

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International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.