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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 09:22:41 CDT

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Bhaskar Jyoti Borah wrote:

BJB> Dear all,

dear bhaskar,

BJB> VMD takes a default origin and accordingly it
BJB> displays the loaded molecule or the cofiguration.

yes. VMD tries to optimize the viewpoint, so that the whole
data set fits into the available space optimally.

BJB> I want to know if it is possible to shift the origin
BJB> from its default location. If possible how do I do it.

yes, please have a look at the VMD user's guide. particularly
the section on using the mouse:
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ug/node26.html

and the section on the text commands:
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ug/node107.html

you didn't say, where exactly your problem is, so it is difficult
to assess what help you really need. one thing that happens a lot
is, that you one changes the representation to display only a small
subset of a large system and in that case the CTRL-R hotkey can be
very helpful to 'recenter' the view to display this subset optimally
in standard orientation.

BJB> Thanking you in advance

for all of that you have to keep in mind, that there are essentially
two ways to change the view: 1) change the viewpoint (the 'camera
position') and keep the coordinates and 2) change the coordinates
and keep the viewpoint.

cheers,
   axel.

BJB>
BJB> regards
BJB> Bhaskar
BJB>
BJB> 

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