Attendees

Elaine, Eric, Greg, Conrad, TomG, TomF

Agenda

• Review action items from last meeting
• Agenda for Meghan
• ChimeraX issues
• PyQt status
  • nuke wx?
  • License text/file in source files

Discussion

• Previous action items:
  • ChimeraX distribution
    • Lawyer is asking questions about license
    • We will add copyrights to all source and documentation files
      • Source files (.h, .cpp, .py) will get updated with a program
      • Documentation (.html, .css) will get updated somehow (automatically)
    • We will include PyQt in the daily builds
    • We will implement click-through license for non-commercial ChimeraX
    • We will create "Software Used in ChimeraX" page of actually used packages and add reference from documentation
      • When possible, include links to software license page instead of complete license text
  • IHM meeting
    • TomG and Conrad were in on the IHM weekly call this morning
    • Latest nup84 file is generated by IMP and can be used for testing
• Agenda for Meghan
  • Demo of ChimeraX (TomG)
    • struts
    • cobweb with Chimerax x3d output
  • Get priority of unimplemented commands
  • Get list of wanted metadata
  • Will ChimeraX be useful at all given the close deadline
• ChimeraX issues
  • Ribbon progress
    • Conrad implemented "peptide" keyword for "cartoon orient" option
    • Lots of stuff on Elaine's documentation page
    • Conrad is still working on curved (arc) strands
  • Middle-mouse drag does not work right with PyQt5.7 on the Mac
    • Conrad will check for Windows
  • X3D export
    • Spheres, surfaces and ribbon geometry work
    • Cylinders (bonds) still needs work (orientation)
    • Need view point, textures, background color
    • Want instancing to reduce output size
    • Viewable in titania (desktop) and cobweb (WebGL)
  • 3D printing
    • TomG added STL reading/writing tool
    • TomG printed nuclear pore model from ChimeraX
    • TomG added "struts" command
    • TomG fixed ribbon tether positioning

Outstanding Action Items

• TomF will get answers for ChimeraX license
• Setting up ChimeraX distribution:
  1. Conrad will get copyrights into source/documentation files
  2. Greg will include PyQt in daily builds
  3. Conrad will implement click-through license
  4. Greg will create embedded software list
• Conrad and TomG will start attending IHM monthly meetings immediately, irrespective of any data sets received from Ben
  • Conrad will email Ben to get on the monthly phone calls for IHM
• Conrad will check ChimeraX middle-mouse drag for Windows