[chimerax-users] Feature request regarding clipping planes

[Oliver Clarke]

On the same topic, it would be useful to be able to switch the view side like one can in chimera (right v top). This is useful when trying to precisely orient a model/map.

Cheers
Oli

> On Nov 15, 2021, at 11:04 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Pranav,
> I guess you mean the vertical line in the Side View?  You are right, they are very thin and hard to see especially on a high-resolution screen.  Currently there is no user control -- thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> If you also meant the appearance in the main window, currently ChimeraX does not show the clipping plane at all. The transparent disc that is displayed during manipulation of a per-model clipping plane in Chimera is very useful, and I would like something like that myself.
> Best,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
> 
> 
>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 2:49 AM, Pranav Shah via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Team,
>> 
>> Chimera has really nice clipping planes visibility and UX in
>> comparison to ChimeraX. While it may take some effort to include the
>> middle-click based riflling through planes shortcut, in the short term
>> would it be possible to change the color of the clipping planes to a
>> color that isnt gray? Currently, it is quite hard to see the clipping
>> planes in the default view (see attached image).
>> 
>> Best,
>> Pranav
>> --
>> Pranav Shah
>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
>> 
>> Division of Structural Biology,
>> Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
>> University of Oxford,
>> Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN,
>> UK
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