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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 29 2007 - 21:31:50 CST

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Rob wrote:

R>
R> Hi,
R>
R> I have a molecular system, a kind of modified
R> graphite structure.
R>
R> I'd like to add a plane to the picture; a transparent
R> plane, which helps see the symmetry of the structure.

R> Is that possible? If yes, what would be the easiest
R> way to do this?

if your plane is along the x-, y-, or z-axis
the fastest would probably be to add a volume-slice
representation and use a transpared material.

alternatively you can construct a plane easily from
two triangles.

R> E.g. I can specify a plane like p.r + c = 0,
R> with p is a unit-length vector, c is a constant
R> and r is a vector in space.

that would be somewhat inconvenient as you cannot
have infinitely large objects... ;-)

if you program a function for it, please consider doing
at in a way, that it can be used with VMD's draw command.

see a few examples at:
http://www.theochem.rub.de/~axel.kohlmeyer/cpmd-vmd/part7.html#chap9_sect1

cheers,
  axel.

R>
R> I'd appreciate if someone could give me a hint how
R> this might work with VMD.
R>
R> Thanks,
R> Rob.
R>
R>
R>
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