From: Caro Miguel (miguel.caro_at_aalto.fi)
Date: Thu Nov 06 2014 - 02:29:03 CST

Thanks Jing and John,

Yes, I was expecting the rotation to use the system's coordinate axes as displayed on the screen.

Thanks again,
Miguel

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From: John Stone
Sent: 11/6/2014 5:07 AM
To: Caro Miguel
Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: vmd-l: Rotate exchanges y and z axes?

Hi,
  I assume that what is confusing you is that these rotations
are applied relative to the camera/screen coordinate system, not
relative to the molecule's coordinate system. Another subsequent
reply shows how to perform rotations of the molecule itself
using atom selections, if that is actually what you're trying to do.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 12:53:08PM +0200, Miguel Caro wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am experiencing some strange behavior in VMD 1.9.1. The rotation
> operation around the y and z axes seems to be exchanged. That is,
>
> rotate z by 45
>
> rotates the scene by 45 degrees around the y axis. The opposite,
> exchanging y by z, is also true. Rotations around the x axis seem to work
> as expected.
>
> Is this a known bug or am I perhaps misinterpreting something?
>
> All the best,
> Miguel
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