From: timothy d. <mol...@ma...> - 2004-02-25 15:43:33
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at 3.59p EDT on 2004 February 25 Wednesday Miguel Howard said: > Phil wrote: > > I understand the "move" command to orient a molecule. Is there a way > > to invoke that, or something equivalent, to orient the structure before > > displaying it rather than after? >=20 > Phil, >=20 > I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 'befor displaying it rather than > after' ... but, at some level, move is made up of: >=20 > rotate x <degrees> > rotate y <degrees> > rotate z <degrees> > zoom <percentage> > translate x <percentage> > translate y <percentage> >=20 =2E..plus=20 time <sec> move is designed to run over time. for simple positioning, try=20 view set x y z =20 =20 or do something like this at the top of your script: restrict none # to make sure the mol is not displayed before positioning rotate x <degrees> rotate y <degrees> rotate z <degrees> translate x <percentage> translate y <percentage> zoom <percentage> select all hth, :tim --=20 timothy driscoll molvisions - molecular graphics & visualization <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest |