Re: [Jmol-users] Comment and request

[Nicolas V. <nve...@cl...>]

From: "Bob Hanson" <ha...@st...>
> Miguel, am I correct Jmol does NOT have the facility to go to a specific
> frame and start the animation from there? If so, I consider this a bug.

I think Jmol can do this.
Reading http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/docs/#.frame
it seems you can pass the frame number directly
See also the example :
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/docs/examples/animation.htm

>
> Bob
>
>
> Philip Bays wrote:
>
> > With the discussion about embedding in power point comes another
> > issue/example/request.
> >
> > I am teaching a med chem course.   In the process I have discovered the
> > ZINC data base which allows one to download thousands of structures as
> > smiles strings.  I am also a spartan user.  I can load up to 1000 of
> > those smiles strings into a Spartan list (on the Mac), virtually
> > instantaneously,  geometry optimize them all,  and then export as an XYZ
> > concatenated file.  The structures can then all be viewed as an
> > "animation" in Jmol.
> >
> > Now, one would not want to use that in the traditional sense of an
> > animation.  However, it is useful if you want to display a set of
> > structures in class or at a meeting, to prepare such a list and then
> > step through the "animation", looking at and manipulating each structure
> > individually.  Works beautifully.
> >
> > The problem is that you must use the contextual menu to move from one
> > frame to the next.  Would it be possible to have a "movie" palette in
> > the tool bar of the Jmol application that would allow you to move
> > forward and back frame by frame in such an animation, and perhaps a play
> > button as well?
> >
> > Phil Bays
> >
> >
> >
> > J. Philip Bays
> > Department of Chemistry and Physics
> > Saint Mary's College
> > Notre Dame   IN  46556
> > pb...@sa...
> >
> >
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