at 10.49a EDT on 2004 February 16 Monday Miguel Howard said: > > if I write a Chime move command that includes a -Y value, > > > > move 0 0 0 0 0 -50 0 0 2.0 > > > > that moves the molecule up. I have always attributed this to the axes > > orientation. > > That is correct. > [...]
> > > if the Y axis is 'flipped' in Jmol, > > the same move command would now move the molecule down (which seems more > > logical to me). is this true? > > Yes, that is true. > > [...] > > However, in your previous message I got the impression that you wanted to > switch the axes mode during execution of a script. In practice, I do not > think this would work. You would need to pick an orientation and stick > with it. In large part because of rotations ... something we need to > discuss once we get this *small* issue of axis orientation settled ;-) > :-( I will bring up the issue again in the context of the rotations - since that is where my thoughts are leading! regards, :tim -- timothy driscoll molvisions - molecular graphics & visualization <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- 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_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
