Editing Get View

'''get_view''' returns and optionally prints out the current view information in a format which can be embedded into a command script and can be used in subsequent calls to '''set_view'''.

If a log file is currently open, get_view will not write the view matrix to the screen unless the "output" parameter is 2.

This command is very useful for saving the orientation of a scene for later.  Authors of molecular movies may find this command very powerful.

===USAGE=== 
 get_view

===PYMOL API===
<source lang="python">
cmd.get_view(output=1, quiet=1)
   
my_view = cmd.get_view()
</source>

output control:
*0 = output matrix to screen
*1 = don't output matrix to screen
*2 = force output to screen even if log file is open
*3 = return formatted string instead of a list

===API USAGE===
<source lang="python">
cmd.get_view(0) # zero option suppresses output (LEGACY approach)
cmd.get_view(quiet=1) # suppresses output using PyMOL's normal "quiet" parameter.
</source>

===NOTES===
Contents of the view matrix
*0  -  8 = column-major 3x3 matrix which rotates model axes to camera axes
*9  - 11 = origin of rotation relative to the camera in camera space
*12 - 14 = origin of rotation in model space
*15      = front plane distance from the camera
*16      = rear plane distance from the camera
*17      = orthoscopic flag (not implemented in older versions)
 
===SEE ALSO===
[[Set View]], [[View]], [[Model_Space_and_Camera_Space]]

[[Category:Commands|Get View]]
[[Category:View Module|Get View]]