[chimerax-users] Feature request regarding clipping planes

[Oliver Clarke]

Yes seconded! A "Translate-Z" right mouse mode would be really useful

Cheers
Oli

> On Nov 15, 2021, at 11:20 AM, Pranav Shah <p.shah.lab at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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