Re: [Avogadro-Discuss] Restoring view to normal axes orientation?

[Philip R. <ph...@pr...>]

Marcus,


On 2010-08-06 00:07, Marcus D. Hanwell wrote:
> On Thursday 05 August 2010 08:02:47 Philip Rhoades wrote:
>> Claudiu,
>>
>> On 2010-08-04 22:55, Claudiu Bucur wrote:
>>> View -->  Center does that.
>>
>> ?? - not for me.
>>
>>> If you are working with a unit cell it wont do it until you make
>>> several cells.
>>
>> OK, a specific example:
>>
>> I create a hexane molecule from scratch, optimize geometry and the axes
>> still look like this:
>>
>> Y
>> ^
>>
>>
>>
>> (Z)------>  X
>>
>>
>> I now rotate the molecule to an edge-on view of the ring - the axes have
>> also moved to reflect the new position of the hexane ring.  Now,
>> clicking on the center button - does nothing at all - everything remains
>> exactly the same.  I want to (preferably single click) return the view
>> to what it was before I rotated the ring so the axes are as above.
>>
>> BTW, I am using: avogadro.x86_64 0:1.0.0-3.fc12
>>
> This would be some new functionality in the navigation tool (or a new tool),
> but I think it would be a great addition. It should not be too difficult to add,
> if no one else gets to it I will see what I can do to get it in. I am very
> busy right now with other things, and so can't promise a time frame as
> Avogadro development is all in my spare time at the moment.


Would you be doing this in Python or C++?

Thanks,

Phil.
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