[chimerax-users] Feature request regarding clipping planes

[Tom Goddard]

Hi Pranav, Oli,

Could you explain the translate-Z mouse mode you want a bit more?  Do you mean you want to move just the selected model in z while other models do not move?  Or do you mean you want to move all models in z relative to the clip planes (already possible by moving the two clip planes together)?  And there is a "move selected atoms" mouse mode, do you want that to be able to move in z?

Currently when you are in any of the move modes if you hold the shift key down it switches from xy translation to rotation.  This makes it quick to switch between translating and rotating and back just using the shift key.  But there is no trick to translate in z.  Actually if you have a mouse wheel, then you can assign it to translate and it will do a z translation (command: mouse wheel "translate selected models").

	Tom


> On Nov 15, 2021, at 9:10 AM, Oliver Clarke via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Yes seconded! A "Translate-Z" right mouse mode would be really useful
> 
> Cheers
> Oli
> 
>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 11:20 AM, Pranav Shah <p.shah.lab at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Oooh! That too, btw, I really like Chimera's ability push/pull the
>> model/surface towards or away from the user. Currently it seems the
>> selected has only 2˚ of translational freedom...
>> 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
>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:18 PM Oliver Clarke <olibclarke at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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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