[chimerax-users] Feature request regarding clipping planes

[Pranav Shah]

Oooh! That too, btw, I really like Chimera's ability push/pull the
model/surface towards or away from the user. Currently it seems the
selected has only 2˚ of translational freedom...
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

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:18 PM Oliver Clarke <olibclarke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On the same topic, it would be useful to be able to switch the view side like one can in chimera (right v top). This is useful when trying to precisely orient a model/map.
>
> Cheers
> Oli
>
> > On Nov 15, 2021, at 11:04 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users 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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