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From: Paul Grayson (pgrayson_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 10:11:58 CDT

I'd just like to add that you can get the exact parameters VMD is
using to display the scene with the "save config" button in the Mouse
menu. In the resulting file you will find, for example, the
transformation that was applied to rotate, transform, and scale the
molecule into its three-dimensional position. The only details left
out - the screen parameters - are shown in the Display menu.

-Paul

John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> writes:

> Dear Stephane,
> There's a brief description of the perspective projection
> method used by VMD in the User's guide. Depending on what you
> intend to do, it can be a bit tricky to make a 100% matching
> projection in other renderers, but it can be done with some
> attention to details. The orthographic projection used in VMD
> is not documented (at least I don't recall that it is, but it is
> quite simple) so if you need that too, please let me know.
> I assume you're not concerned with stereo projections?
>
> Thanks,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 03:12:15PM +0200, Stphane Teletcha wrote:
> > I'm using VMD as a viewer for three distances.
> > As the 3D is projected in my 2D screen, i would like to reproduce this system
> > with the appropriate projection.
> > Is there a description of the projection used in vmd, and how could i get the
> > parameters to reproduce exactly what i see ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Stef
>
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