Axes
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Axes with text labels
# axes.py from pymol.cgo import * from pymol import cmd from pymol.vfont import plain # create the axes object, draw axes with cylinders coloured red, green, #blue for X, Y and Z obj = [ CYLINDER, 0., 0., 0., 10., 0., 0., 0.2, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0., CYLINDER, 0., 0., 0., 0., 10., 0., 0.2, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0., 1.0, 0., CYLINDER, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 10., 0.2, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0., 0.0, 1.0, ] # add labels to axes object (requires pymol version 0.8 or greater, I # believe cyl_text(obj,plain,[-5.,-5.,-1],'Origin',0.20,axes=[[3,0,0],[0,3,0],[0,0,3]]) cyl_text(obj,plain,[10.,0.,0.],'X',0.20,axes=[[3,0,0],[0,3,0],[0,0,3]]) cyl_text(obj,plain,[0.,10.,0.],'Y',0.20,axes=[[3,0,0],[0,3,0],[0,0,3]]) cyl_text(obj,plain,[0.,0.,10.],'Z',0.20,axes=[[3,0,0],[0,3,0],[0,0,3]]) # then we load it into PyMOL cmd.load_cgo(obj,'axes')
Axes with nice cones
This script draws a simple cartesian coordinate system.
from pymol.cgo import * from pymol import cmd w = 0.06 # cylinder width l = 0.75 # cylinder length h = 0.25 # cone hight d = w * 1.618 # cone base diameter obj = [CYLINDER, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, l, 0.0, 0.0, w, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, CYLINDER, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, l, 0.0, w, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, CYLINDER, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, l, w, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, CONE, l, 0.0, 0.0, h+l, 0.0, 0.0, d, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, CONE, 0.0, l, 0.0, 0.0, h+l, 0.0, d, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, CONE, 0.0, 0.0, l, 0.0, 0.0, h+l, d, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0] cmd.load_cgo(obj, 'axes')
Axes which always stay in the lower left corner
from pymol import cmd from chempy import cpv class PutCenterCallback(object): prev_v = None def __init__(self, name, corner=0): self.name = name self.corner = corner self.cb_name = cmd.get_unused_name('_cb') def load(self): cmd.load_callback(self, self.cb_name) def __call__(self): if self.name not in cmd.get_names('objects'): cmd.delete(self.cb_name) return v = cmd.get_view() if v == self.prev_v: return self.prev_v = v t = v[12:15] if self.corner: vp = cmd.get_viewport() R_mc = [v[0:3], v[3:6], v[6:9]] off_c = [0.15 * v[11] * vp[0] / vp[1], 0.15 * v[11], 0.0] if self.corner in [2,3]: off_c[0] *= -1 if self.corner in [3,4]: off_c[1] *= -1 off_m = cpv.transform(R_mc, off_c) t = cpv.add(t, off_m) z = -v[11] / 30.0 m = [z, 0, 0, t[0] / z, 0, z, 0, t[1] / z, 0, 0, z, t[2] / z, 0, 0, 0, 1] cmd.set_object_ttt(self.name, m, homogenous=1) def axes(name='axes'): ''' DESCRIPTION Puts coordinate axes to the lower left corner of the viewport. ''' from pymol import cgo cmd.set('auto_zoom', 0) w = 0.06 # cylinder width l = 0.75 # cylinder length h = 0.25 # cone hight d = w * 1.618 # cone base diameter obj = [cgo.CYLINDER, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, l, 0.0, 0.0, w, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, cgo.CYLINDER, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, l, 0.0, w, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, cgo.CYLINDER, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, l, w, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, cgo.CONE, l, 0.0, 0.0, h+l, 0.0, 0.0, d, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, cgo.CONE, 0.0, l, 0.0, 0.0, h+l, 0.0, d, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, cgo.CONE, 0.0, 0.0, l, 0.0, 0.0, h+l, d, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0] PutCenterCallback(name, 1).load() cmd.load_cgo(obj, name) cmd.extend('axes', axes)