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Hi Jinghua,<br>
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You should not connect the rings in the two planes. Just draw two
separate rings or curves. I use the place markers while dragging
setting. It will automatically close a loop when you get near the
start point. If you don't want closed loops then clear the selection
before drawing a second curve so the two curves won't be connected.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] how to create surface from volume tracer
path<br>
From: jinghua<br>
To: Tom Goddard<br>
Date: 10/21/09 12:28 PM<br>
<blockquote type="cite">hi Tom,
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Thank you so much for your reply. Have fun in France!
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I have tried several different build of chimera with the same result
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as attached. What are your mouse options during tracing? Is there
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special sequence to go from one plane to the next plane?
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Best wishes,
<br>
<br>
Jinghua
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On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Tom Goddard wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Hi Jinghua,
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The volume tracer capability to stitch loops drawn in parallel planes
to form tube surfaces uses some strange heuristics that don't always
produce a good result. I'd have to see the case where you have trouble
to understand it. I just tried making a tube, see attached photo, and
it worked ok in a Chimera daily build from a few days ago.
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I am at a workshop until the middle of next week so may not reply to
email for a while.
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<br>
Tom
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Subject: [Chimera-users] how to create surface from volume tracer path
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From: jinghua
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To: chimera-users
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Date: 10/21/09 10:48 AM
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When I try to create a tube by tracing two planes, the surface it
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makes is more like a cone. Do I need connect all the markers from
two
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different planes?
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Thank you for your help!
<br>
<br>
Jinghua
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