> How the > hand is oriented in relation to your body or anything else is not > significant. In other words, however you rotate a right hand system as a > whole > (as opposed to just rotating one axis or two), it remains a right hand > system.
Agreed. Now, when the molecule gets loaded it needs to have some default orientation. I will assume that there is general agreement that the +X axis should point to the right. Q: Do you believe that the +Y axis should point up or point down? The system will remain right-handed: If +Y points up, then +Z will point out of the screen. If +Y points down then +Z will point into the screen. Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
