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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 23:56:48 CDT

Hi,
  You can pick the axes and move them to any location you like
using the Mouse->Move->Molecule mouse mode. (the same way you'd
move a molecule by changing the atom coordinates rather than
just translating the view...)

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 10:03:22AM +0530, Bhaskar Jyoti Borah wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Bhaskar Jyoti Borah wrote:
> >
> >BJB>
> >BJB>
> >BJB> Hi Axel,
> >BJB>
> >BJB> Thanks for your kind response. But my problem was different.
> >BJB> I wanted to ask about the origin of the cordinate axes. If I
> >BJB> can shift the location of the origin of the cordinate axes to
> >BJB> a my desired location.If possible how?
> >
> >do you mean the coordinate axes display (the three colored arrows)?
>
> Ya the coordinate axes display. I tried the way u told i.e., going to
> the display in VMD main and then select the axes options. But wat it
> will do is that if i select axes-origin then the coordinate display
> will move to the center. But I want to move it to any desired location
> (x,y,z).
>
> >
> >see: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ug/node110.html
> >
> >axel.
> >
> >BJB>
> >BJB> regards
> >BJB> bhaskar
> >BJB>
> >BJB>
> >BJB>
> >BJB> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:
> >BJB>
> >BJB> > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Bhaskar Jyoti Borah wrote:
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > BJB> Dear all,
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > dear bhaskar,
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > BJB> VMD takes a default origin and accordingly it
> >BJB> > BJB> displays the loaded molecule or the cofiguration.
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > yes. VMD tries to optimize the viewpoint, so that the whole
> >BJB> > data set fits into the available space optimally.
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > BJB> I want to know if it is possible to shift the origin
> >BJB> > BJB> from its default location. If possible how do I do
> >it.
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > yes, please have a look at the VMD user's guide. particularly
> >BJB> > the section on using the mouse:
> >BJB> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ug/node26.html
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > and the section on the text commands:
> >BJB> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ug/node107.html
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > you didn't say, where exactly your problem is, so it is difficult
> >BJB> > to assess what help you really need. one thing that happens a lot
> >BJB> > is, that you one changes the representation to display only a small
> >BJB> > subset of a large system and in that case the CTRL-R hotkey can be
> >BJB> > very helpful to 'recenter' the view to display this subset optimally
> >BJB> > in standard orientation.
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > BJB> Thanking you in advance
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > for all of that you have to keep in mind, that there are essentially
> >BJB> > two ways to change the view: 1) change the viewpoint (the 'camera
> >BJB> > position') and keep the coordinates and 2) change the coordinates
> >BJB> > and keep the viewpoint.
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > cheers,
> >BJB> > axel.
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> > BJB>
> >BJB> > BJB> regards
> >BJB> > BJB> Bhaskar
> >BJB> > BJB>
> >BJB> > BJB>
> >BJB> >
> >BJB> >
> >BJB>
> >BJB>
> >
> >
>
> --
>
>
> ******************************************************
> * BHASKAR JYOTI BORAH *
> * PhD Student *
> * Indian Institute of Science, *
> * Bangalore *
> * Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit *
> * Computational & Theoretical Chemistry Group *
> ******************************************************
>
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