[chimera-dev] savepos

[Dougherty, Matthew T]

This relates to a previous email exchange.


I would like to add a description parameter to the import of midas positions.  The reason is that I would like to keep the position names brief when I am doing scripting, but would like to put detailed information in the description, for example a flag indicating that the research group has picked particular positions to be used in an animation after proofing through a pool of 50 saved positions.  I would also like to use the field to indicate other things such as which animation is is to be used in, number of seconds I should hold the position before moving on, date it was created, etc.


I think there are two ways to add a description field into position

1) something in the chimera build that I could access with python,

2) something I would add through my python code.  If I did this I would have concern that the description parameter gets included in the session save, or could create incompatibilities in the session files down the road on later chimera builds.


Which method would you recommend?



In a related s/w dev comment, I am now connecting an ipad via wifi, to my laptop.  This is allows me to pass the ipad around as a control surface in a collaborative conference room/dome environment.  As the conductor of the collaborative viz, I would have buttons on the laptop that would alter the gui on the ipadbased on the needs of the moment (e.g., color, stereo3D, threshold).  This part of overall HID toolbox of multiple gamespads, contour shuttle dialbox, 3dconnection, and master control button boxes, where I am remapping variables (e.g., translation/rotation) to an HID such that a user can make a preference as to which HID is more intuitive.




Matthew Dougherty
National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Baylor College of Medicine
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