Motion Panel.
Invoked from Edit
in Menubar or Alt-m.
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.
- Motion Scheme (Choice)
-- Params.Below: just use the values from the widgets.
-- Cycle Models: read in a new model for each frame.
#steps automatically set = #models.
-- Cycle+Params: read in a new model for each frame, #steps = #models,
and apply the values from the widgets.
-- Fly Ribbon: fly along the path of the first ribbon.
- 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_000.rgb, motion_001.rgb, etc.
Set a '.orient' and a '.defaults' file for the sequence before you start.
An invisible fake ribbon can make a nice camera motion path.
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.
The 'Close' button will not work after cycling models.
Just close the panel like you would a normal window.
Ribbons User Manual / UAB-CBSE / carson@uab.edu