[chimera-dev] programming question: volume display

[Tom Goddard]

Yes.  In fact all that is done with the new_region() routine.  (set step with the ijk_step argument, eg. ijk_step = (2,2,2).  Set plane number by setting ijk_min, ijk_max to show one plane). 

	Tom


> On Apr 5, 2017, at 12:00 PM, Dougherty, Matthew T <matthewd at bcm.edu> wrote:
> 
> thx
> 
> is volume.py where I would find how to change step size, plane number & depth?
> 
> Matthew Dougherty
> National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
> Baylor College of Medicine
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> To change the region bounds of a volume v in Python:
> 
> v.new_region((0,0,0), (50,60,70))
> 
> Here’s the Python declaration in chimera/share/VolumeViewer/volume.py where the Volume class is defined.
> 
>   def new_region(self, ijk_min = None, ijk_max = None, ijk_step = None,
>                  show = True, adjust_step = True, save_in_region_queue = True):
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
>> On Apr 4, 2017, at 3:58 PM, Dougherty, Matthew T <matthewd at bcm.edu <mailto:matthewd at bcm.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>> I am trying to modify the region bounds of the volume viewer using python.
>> What module should I be looking at to determine the api calls?
>> 
>> thanks, 
>> 
>> Matthew Dougherty
>> National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
>> Baylor College of Medicine
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