Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of CoreFeatures

Timestamp:

Jan 7, 2009, 10:50:09 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

goddard

Comment:

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CoreFeatures

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  1. ''General grouping mechanism for domains, quaternary structures, regions, etc. (probably not for 1.4)''
  1. Improvements to lighting panel user interface.  The idea is to make the most commonly useful light controls more accessible.  Have the "lights (basic)" panel contain the current brightness slider, move key-to-fill ratio to advanced, add one shininess slider which simultaneously makes specular highlights brighter and smaller (the advanced interface would let you control spot size and brightness independently),  have the glossy/normal setting. Move the shininess pane controls to advanced, renaming brightness and shininess to avoid confusion.  Move the naming and using of default settings to a new pane in the lights (basic), lights (advanced) menu called "named settings".  This will free up some extra vertical space for the added advanced options. TG
- 1. Use numpy for vector, point, transform, bounding box, coordinate set data types.  Our current home-brewed Vector, Point, and Xform classes are a significant obstacle to implementing geometric calculations.  The Chimera volume data code is littered with conversions back and forth between these undernourished data types and the much more usable numpy arrays. TG