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° | MoveMesh | - | Move polygon mesh |
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| | | Command | | Argument | | Datatype | | Default | | Min | | Max | |
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| Format: | | MoveMesh | Object selection, | |
SELECTION | | - | | - |
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| | X = Step along X-axis in Å, | | FLOAT | | 0.0 | | - | | - | | |||
| | Y = Step along Y-axis in Å, | | FLOAT | | 0.0 | | - | | - | | |||
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| | Z = Step along Z-axis in Å | | FLOAT | | 0.0 | | - | | - | | |||
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| Python: | | MoveMesh(selection1,x=None,y=None,z=None) | | ||||||||||
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| Menu: | | Effects > Move > Polygon mesh | | ||||||||||
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| Related: | | MoveAtom , ShowSphere, ShowBox , ShowCone, MakeImageObj , MakeTextObj |
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The MoveMesh command translates the vertices of a polygon mesh in the
local coordinate system. It thus complements the
MoveObj command which translates objects in the
global coordinate system, and works exactly like
MoveAtom - just that it translates polygon vertices instead of atoms.
Examples of polygon meshes affected by MoveMesh
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- Solid objects: spheres, cones, boxes, tori.
- Image objects
- Text objects
- Static surfaces
MoveMesh has no influence on dynamically updated polygon meshes,
like secondary structure or dynamic surfaces.
The main purpose of
MoveMesh is to facilitate rotations about a point X/Y/Z that is not the origin of the
local coordinate system, simply by translating the mesh such that point X/Y/Z ends up with coordinates
0/0/0.
Example:
MoveMesh Box,X=0.1,Y=-0.2,Z=0.5
Add 0.1/-0.2/0.5 to the positions of the vertices in the polygon mesh stored in object
'Box'.