OpenAstexViewer

A Java molecular graphics program that assists in structure based drug design
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  • Mike Hartshorn
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  • Windows All
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OpenAstexViewer Description

OpenAstexViewer was developed to be a Java molecular graphics program that assists in structure based drug design. It can be used as an Applet in a web page or as a desktop application. The software should run on most operating systems and in most internet browsers. OpenAstexViewer provides support for extending the scripting language with arbitrary commands. This document covers an example of this. If the command part of a scripting command is not recognized a class file of that name is search for. If this is found an instance is created using reflection, and the static method handleCommand is called with a reference to the MoleculeViewer, the MoleculeRenderer and the argument list. The command can do quite complicated things. The example below creates an instance of itself which is a subclass of GraphicalObject. This starts a thread which will animate the renderer. The object steps through the atoms that were passed as part of the command, and draws a green sphere in turn at the position of each atom. The command would be used something like animated -name calpha -atoms { atom CA }; Main features: Sphere, cylinder and stick display styles for molecules. Versatile labelling and distance monitors. Shaded molecular surfaces, with transparency and property mapping. Protein schematics and secondary structure assignment. High quality image production to arbitrary resolution, with antialiasing and shadows.


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