Opened 8 years ago

Last modified 8 years ago

#928 assigned enhancement

Would like labels at arbitrary 3D coordinates

Reported by: Greg Couch Owned by: Tom Goddard
Priority: major Milestone:
Component: Graphics Version:
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked By: Blocking:
Notify when closed: Platform: all
Project: ChimeraX

Description

This would be useful in many cases: for arbitrary locations within a structure, for text in generic 3D objects (eg., BILD or VRML/X3D).

Change History (4)

comment:1 by Eric Pettersen, 8 years ago

Cc: Tom Goddard added; goodard removed

comment:2 by Eric Pettersen, 8 years ago

Cc: Tom Goddard removed
Component: Unassigned → Graphics
Owner: set to Tom Goddard
Status: new → assigned

comment:3 by Tom Goddard, 8 years ago

Priority: blocker → major
Type: defect → enhancement

I think the only difficulty with 3D labels that are not attached to an object is that the label command uses the attached object to refer to the label, for example, to change its color or font size. For a label on a point in space another mechanism might be needed such as an id number. I don't know the details of how this would work, would the user specify an ID number when creating such a label, and how would you find out the id number (e.g. maybe the label was placed on a surface using the mouse). So a design for some adequate user interface (at the most basic level, how would you delete such a labe?) is needed.

comment:4 by Greg Couch, 8 years ago

It would be useful even if there were no user interface other than it being part of a model.

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