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Cameron ManualChapter 9: View Direction ControlOne of the most important features of a graphics package is the ease with which a required molecular view can be obtained. CAMERON contains a large number of options which allow the user to control the view direction. [Top] [Index] Manuals generated on Wednesday 8 November 2006 9.1: BASIC CONTROLFive commands are available to control the view direction by applying rotations to the molecule. These rotations are applied cumulatively - rotating about the x axis by 20 degrees then by -10 degrees will result in an overall rotation of 10 degrees relative to the starting point. XROT
This command is used to apply a rotation of n degrees about the x-axis which lies horizontally across the screen. The syntax is: XROT n
YROT
ZROT
These two commands are identical to XROT except for the axis about which the rotation is carried out. The y-axis lies vertically up the screen and the z-axis is perpendicular to the screen. ROT
This command is a 'shorthand' for the previous three commands as it allows you to apply three successive rotations by entering only one command. The syntax is :- ROT x y z
CURSOR
This command allows the user to control rotation with the cursor keys. Each time a key is struck a rotation of 5 degrees is applied about the relevant axes. After each key stroke the molecule is rotated and then re-drawn. To speed up this process the molecule is drawn in line style during the CURSOR rotation and is not scaled. The set-up prior to CURSOR is restored once rotation is terminated. The keys used are: Rotation about the x-axis Positive up arrow Negative down arrow Rotation about the y-axis Positive left arrow Negative right arrow Rotation about the z-axis Positive Delete key (PC) Negative End key (PC)
[Top] [Index] Manuals generated on Wednesday 8 November 2006 9.2: ORIENTATION COMMANDSMore specific orientation of the molecule can be achieved by relating the view direction to the position of certain atoms within the picture. PLANE
In some cases it is useful to be able to define a PLANE and then set the view direction to be perpendicular to it. The syntax of this command is :- PLANE at1 at2 at3 ...
ALL
PLANE ALL will generated a 'best view' of the current structure.
FACE
Alternatively you may want to view onto a particular crystallographic face of the unit cell. The syntax for this command is: FACE h k l
ALONG
It is possible to define the view direction as that looking down an interatomic direction. The direction is specified by inputting :- ALONG at1 at2
AXIS
It is possible to define the view direction as looking along a particular unit cell axis. The syntax of the command is: ALONG AXIS x
VERTICAL
HORIZONTAL
These two commands are similar to ALONG except that the at1 - at2 direction is oriented up (VERTICAL) or across (HORIZONTAL) the screen as required. AXIS
The AXIS sub command may be applied to the HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL commands. This rotates the diagram around the z axis so that the required axis is HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL as specified. This is particularly useful when generating hard copy output. BISECT
This command requires three arguments, at1 at2 and at3. It will generate a view direction looking along the bisector of the at1-at2-at3 angle. The syntax is: BISECT at1 at2 at3
[Top] [Index] Manuals generated on Wednesday 8 November 2006 9.3: Other related commandsIVIEW The 'title' command of this group of commands is VIEW. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMAND. This requires no arguments as causes a picture to be output to the current output device (see SCREEN). The picture is generated according to all of the parameters that are set up prior to its use. For example: XROT 10 VIEW
VIEW XROT 10
COPY
COPY is the equivalent command for hardcopy output. COPY must be
followed by a filename to which the output will be send. HARDCOPY must
have been used prior to this to specify the output type. The filename
may be one that has already been used in the current run of CAMERON in
which case the user is given an option to append the information.
MATRIX
This command allows the user to save the current view matrix. FILE
This is followed by a filename. If the file exists (and it is of the
correct format) then any matrices contained within it are available and
any matrices stored are appended to the file.
STORE
This stores the current matrix. It is followed by a piece of text (in
quotes "text") to act as a description for the matrix. On storage a number
is assigned to the matrix which can be used to retrieve it later.
RETRIEVE
This command obtains a view matrix from the file set up with MATRIX
FILE. This command must be followed by the number of the matrix
required. Note that these matrices depend on the unit cell parameters and
are specific to a particular structure. They may be used for other
structures but this will have very strange results. IF this happens an
operation such as ALONG AXIS C will recalculate a correct matrix.
LIST
This outputs a list of the descriptions and numbers of the matrices
currently stored.
STEREO
This generates output in the form of stereo pairs. DEGREE
The angle of rotation between the stereo pairs is given by using the
DEGREE command.
NOSTEREO
Reverts output back to normal. [Top] [Index] Manuals generated on Wednesday 8 November 2006 9.4: PHOTOGRAPHSPHOTO
ON
OFF
These commands are used to control the PHOTO facility. VIEW displays the
user with information about the current scale and displays the mouse
cursor once it has finished. PHOTO ON turns off this and waits for a key
press before proceeding. This allows the user to obtain a 'clean' screen
for photographs to be taken.
Related commands : SCREEN, HARDCOPY [Introduction | How To Get Started | Data Input | Outputting Data | Editing The Atom List | Obeying Files | Archiving And Retrieving Views | Graphical Output Devices | View Direction Control | Include And Exclude | Drawing Style Control | Connectivity Control | Control Of Colour | Atom Labelling | Other Picture Controlling Commands | Symmetry Input | Crystal Packing Commands | Add And Move - Further Symmetry Related Commands | Distance And Angle Calculations | Information On Data Held Within The Program | Group Definitions | Miscellaneous Commands | How To Stop The Program | Menu Definition File | Some Useful Ideas ] |
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