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Opened 9 years ago
#344 new enhancement
Rework clip command options
| Reported by: | Tom Goddard | Owned by: | Tom Goddard |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Graphics | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Notify when closed: | olibclarke@gmail.com | Platform: | all |
| Project: | ChimeraX |
Description
It is impossible to remember which option, near/far or front/back, controls which clip planes. How about using a separate flag option or subcommand "clip screen" to distinguish. Maybe also "clip 10.5" with no keyword would do the common case of scene fixed front plane, with a separate option or second argument (clip 10.5 15.5) for the back plane.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Oliver Clarke
Subject: Re: clipping?
Date: June 16, 2016 at 10:19:57 AM PDT
To: Tom Goddard
Thanks Tom and sorry to bother you! That is kind of counter-intuitive though (that front and back are different to near and far) - maybe they would be better in separate commands?
Or maybe the clipping “mode” could be set by a different modifier? It is going to be hard for me at least to remember which (near/far vs front/back) evokes which behavior...
Oli.
