[chimerax-users] Feature request regarding clipping planes

[Pranav Shah]

Hi Elaine,
Sorry for the confusing description, I was alluding to the first scenario.
Best,
Pranav
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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 4:04 PM Elaine Meng <meng 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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