Motion Panel Widget.

Uses Motif Widgets ( Choice, Toggle, Scale, Push ) to define an animation sequence and save images.

Widget Name (Widget Type) --- description of function

Start Motion (Push)
-- start the sequence of motion (and optional saving of images) based on the values of the widgets below.
Pause Motion (Toggle)
-- on/off switch to suspend the current motion sequence.
Record Motion (Toggle)
-- on/off switch for saving of images.
Motion Reset (Push)
-- reset all widgets and orientation to their initial value.
Number Steps (Scale)
-- set total number of frames in the animation.
Cycle Models (Toggle)
-- read in a new model for each frame.
#steps automatically set = #models.
Init Scale (Scale)
-- set initial value of the log of the scale factor.
Final Scale (Scale)
-- set final value of the log of the scale factor.
Init X/Y/Z rot (Scale)
-- set initial value of rotation about X/Y/Z axes in degrees.
Final X/Y/Z rot (Scale)
-- set final value of rotation about X/Y/Z axes in degrees.
Init X/Y/Z trns (Scale)
-- set initial translation along X/Y/Z axes in angstroms.
Final X/Y/Z trns (Scale)
-- set final translation along X/Y/Z axes in angstroms.
Rock Angle per Step (Scale)
-- set rocking angle step in degrees. Rocking is toggled from the view menu.
Number Rock Steps (Scale)
-- sets total steps per swing. Rocking is toggled from the view menu.
Close Panel (Push)
-- dismiss the panel
Panel Help (Push)
-- show this help screen

Hints:

The root image file name may be set with the normal Save Image (alt-i). If no image file name set, the root name is `motion.rgb'. The files for each frame are named: motion.rgb_0, motion_rgb_1, etc.

Set a `.orient' and a `.defaults' file for the sequence before you start.

Also see other types of and general information on Control Panels.

BUGS:

After the first session of image saving, subsequent sequences will have their 1st 2 images screwed up.

Ribbons User Manual / UAB-CMC / carson@cmc.uab.edu