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From: Chris Knorowski (cdknorow_at_iastate.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2013 - 15:44:53 CDT

Thanks Axel,

The problem is I am rotating the screen, the planes that I would like to
cut are not necessarily in the x,y,z direction. Using the clipping tool
you can set it so that the normal to view is clipped but it is just not
very easy to line up correctly. Its much easier to line it up so that the
plane I want to clip is perpendicular to the view (in orthographic). I can
calculate the vector to clip but it isn't straightforward to do, especially
when I want to do it on a lot of differently oriented crystals. I guess I'm
asking if there is a command that outputs what the current north, south or
east vector in the display window is.

Thanks,
Chris

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.
> 

-- 
Christopher Knorowski
Iowa State Physics Department