VMD-L Mailing List

From: Bhaskar Jyoti Borah (bhaskar_at_sscu.iisc.ernet.in)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2007 - 01:07:36 CDT

      Hi John,

         Thanx a lot. its working. now i can move the cordinate axes
         and hence the origin to any desired place.

      reagrds
      bhaskar

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, John Stone wrote:

> 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 *
>> ******************************************************
>>
>>
>> --
>> This message has been scanned for viruses and
>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
>> believed to be clean.
>
> 

-- 
******************************************************
*	BHASKAR JYOTI BORAH                          *
*	PhD Student                                  *
*	Indian Institute of Science,                 *
*	Bangalore                                    *
*	Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit    *
*	Computational & Theoretical Chemistry Group  *
******************************************************
-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.