[Chimera-users] volume planes tool

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Jeff,
Tom may add this to his requests list when he returns, but I can't  
make promises on his behalf!  As you can see, the list is pretty  
long:  http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/plans.html
Best,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                          meng at cgl.ucsf.edu
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
                      http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

On Aug 7, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Jeff Triffo wrote:

> yes,
>
> that would work but seems tedious for frequent use, and assumes the  
> desired orientation is known. There is a capability in IMOD to do  
> this "live" through their 3dmod Slicer viewer - which I have been  
> assuming just does on-the-fly interpolation of the data, because it  
> is a live update. It's an incredibly useful function to have access  
> to because the user is often "hunting" for the right orientation for  
> a slice, and I often find myself wanting it in Chimera. So I find  
> myself doing quite a bit of pre-work modeling in 3dmod prior to  
> being able to jump to Chimera.
>
> but, for now, I could just find desired orientations in IMOD, and  
> try to reproduce that using a resampling of the entire volume in  
> Chimera. In my case, that would require knowing the relationships  
> between the Euler convention in 3dmod and Chimera, along with where  
> each program defines the center of rotation (which I have looked  
> into many times for various reasons - such as using IMOD models  
> superimposed with volume displays in Chimera - but always forget  
> soon after).
>
> -Jeff
>