From: <max...@ch...> - 2005-08-17 15:01:26
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Dear Chris, Many thanks for your answer. Unfortunately, my question was not clear enough. Actually, I would like to display the coordinate frame and have the possibility of putting its origin at positions which allow to easily identify the axis with some symmetry axis. The coordinate frame which is shown is the one associated with the bounding box, and changing the rotation center does not change this, helas... So my question should read: is there a way to easily draw a coordinate frame (in my case, the one associated to the molecule will suffice). (I could also add dummy atoms and do this by hand. But I guess that the results would not be satisfactory...) I am using "Jmol Version 10.00.05". Regards, Max P.S. I have subscribed to the list :-)) Chris Weichenberger wrote: > >> I am viewing a molecule using Jmol and I am trying to put >> the origin of the axis at the position of a given atom. But >> I cannot figure out how to this. I did not find any tip in the >> user guide. > > > Your choice is the 'center' command. In order to have the origin of > the coordinate system set to the C-alpha atom of group 66, issue the > command > > center 66.CA > > Rotations from now on will be centered about this atom. (If you have > opened a Jmol console window left-clicking on an atom will print its > group number and atom name and some more information.) > > Hope this is what you have been looking for. > > Chris > -- *********************************************** Latevi Max LAWSON DAKU Departement de chimie physique Universite de Geneve - Sciences II 30, quai Ernest-Ansermet CH-1211 Geneve 4 Switzerland Tel: (41) 22/379 6548 ++ Fax: (41) 22/379 6103 *********************************************** |