LPP/doc/raster.txt

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raster tool :h3

[Purpose:]

3d visualization via Raster3d program.

[Description:]

The raster tool is a wrapper on the
"Raster3d"_http://www.bmsc.washington.edu/raster3d/raster3d.html
visualization program.  Raster3d is open source software and runs on
many platforms.

The raster constructor takes a data object containing atom or mesh
snapshots as an argument ("dump"_dump.html, "data"_data.html,
"cdata"_cdata.html, "mdump"_mdump.html).

The show() method runs Raster3d on the selected atoms or triangles of
snapshot N and displays the resulting image stored as image.png.  The
all() method loops thru all selected snapshots and runs Raster3d on
each one.  The resulting image files are saved to image0000.png,
image0001.png, etc.  The prefix "image" can be changed via the file
setting.

The bg(), size(), rotate(), trans(), zoom(), box(), label(), and
nolabel() methods control various aspects of the images produced.
Without the trans() and zoom() settings, the Raster3d image should
roughly fill the window and be centered.

Additional movie effects can be produced using the pan() and select()
methods.  The pan() method specifies an initial and final viewpoint
that is applied to the images produced by the all() method.  For
intermediate images, the view parameters will be interpolated between
their initial and final values.  The pan() method can thus be used to
rotate a single image or fly-by the simulation as it animates.  The
select() method performs additional atom selection for each image of
the all() sequence.  An image-dependent %g variable can be used in the
select() string.  The select() method can thus be used to slice thru
the data set.

The acol(), arad(), bcol(), brad(), and tcol() methods change
attributes of the atoms, bonds, and triangles displayed.  Each atom or
bond returned from the data object has an integer "type" from 1 to N.
The type is used to index into a list of RGB colors or radii for atoms
and bond thickness.  The adef(), bdef(), and tdef() methods setup
default mappings of types to colors/radii.  The other methods enable
specific assignments to be made.  The interpolation option (e.g. many
types assigned to a few colors), enables a smooth rainbow of colors to
be assigned to a range of types.  Note that the "dump"_dump.html tool
allows any vector to be returned as an atom "type" via its atype
setting.  Thus displayed colors can be keyed to atom velocity or other
properties.

Colors are specified with a string, e.g. "red".  There are 140
pre-defined colors from "this WWW page"_colortable which can be
examined by importing the "colors" variable from "vizinfo".  New
colors can be defined by assigning a nickname of your choice to an RGB
triplet, as described below.

:link(colortable,http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wdnut/excerpt/color_names.html)

[Usage:]

r = raster(d)               create Raster3d wrapper for data in d :pre

  d = atom snapshot object (dump, data) :pre

r.bg("black")               set background color (def = "black")
r.size(N)		    set image size to NxN
r.size(N,M)		    set image size to NxM
r.rotate(60,135)            view from z theta and azimuthal phi (def = 60,30)
r.shift(x,y)                translate by x,y pixels in view window (def = 0,0)
r.zoom(0.5)                 scale image by factor (def = 1)
r.box(0/1/2)                0/1/2 = none/variable/fixed box
r.box(0/1/2,"green")        set box color
r.box(0/1/2,"red",4)        set box edge thickness
r.file = "image"            file prefix for created images (def = "image") :pre

r.show(N)                   show image of snapshot at timestep N :pre

r.all()                     make images of all selected snapshots
r.all(P)                    images of all, start file label at P
r.all(N,M,P)                make M images of snapshot N, start label at P :pre

r.pan(60,135,1.0,40,135,1.5)    pan during all() operation
r.pan()                         no pan during all() (default) :pre

  args = z theta, azimuthal phi, zoom factor at beginning and end
  values at each step are interpolated between beginning and end values :pre

r.select = "$x > %g*3.0"    string to pass to d.aselect.test() during all()
r.select = ""               no extra aselect (default) :pre

  %g varies from 0.0 to 1.0 from beginning to end of all() :pre

r.label(x,y,"h",size,"red","This is a label")    add label to each image
r.nolabel()                                      delete all labels :pre

  x,y coords = -0.5 to 0.5, "h" or "t" for Helvetica or Times font
  size = fontsize (e.g. 10), "red" = color of text :pre

r.acol(2,"green")		   set atom colors by atom type (1-N)
r.acol(\[2,4\],\["red","blue"\])	   1st arg = one type or list of types
r.acol(0,"blue")	           2nd arg = one color or list of colors
r.acol(range(20),\["red","blue"\])   if list lengths unequal, interpolate
r.acol(range(10),"loop")           assign colors in loop, randomly ordered :pre

  if 1st arg is 0, set all types to 2nd arg
  if list of types has a 0 (e.g. range(10)), +1 is added to each value
  interpolate means colors blend smoothly from one value to the next :pre

r.arad(\[1,2\],\[0.5,0.3\])            set atom radii, same rules as acol() :pre

r.bcol()			   set bond color, same args as acol()
r.brad()			   set bond thickness, same args as arad() :pre

r.tcol()			   set triangle color, same args as acol()
r.tfill()			   set triangle fill, 0 fill, 1 line, 2 both :pre

r.lcol()                           set line color, same args as acol()
r.lrad()                           set line thickness, same args as arad() :pre

r.adef()                           set atom/bond/tri/line properties to default
r.bdef()			   default = "loop" for colors, 0.45 for radii
r.tdef()  			   default = 0.25 for bond/line thickness
r.ldef()  			   default = 0 fill :pre

  by default 100 types are assigned
  if atom/bond/tri/line has type > # defined properties, is an error :pre

from vizinfo import colors         access color list
print colors                       list defined color names and RGB values
colors\["nickname"\] = \[R,G,B\]       set new RGB values from 0 to 255 :pre

  140 pre-defined colors: red, green, blue, purple, yellow, black, white, etc :pre

[Related tools:]

"dump"_dump.html, "gl"_gl.html, "rasmol"_rasmol.html, "svg"_svg.html

[Prerequisites:]

The Raster3d render and label3d programs.