Just wanted to share some progress from @perminder-17
Benzene HOMO:
Caffeine HOMO:
This should be ready for Windows and Linux soon. (It turns out Mac needs some work because of how Apple handles OpenGL… but don’t worry – I’ve literally wanted this rendering style on my Mac since we started Avogadro.)
I’ll love to see the volumetric rendering in the actual software very soon😊.
One thing to ask is the interface.
At the moment, there’s a separate “Volumes” rendering option.
Would it be better to change the current “Meshes” to “Surfaces” and offer different rendering styles as an option?
I’m thinking that having separate “volume” and “surface / mesh” render types in the list might be confusing.
Thoughts?
Hi geoff, do you mind explaining a bit more? is that’s only changing the name of meshes to surfaces and changing the name “Volumes” to “volumetric”? Sorry for the inconvenience :")
I think that’s a good idea to combine them all under a single display type with different options, since you’re rendering the same thing in each case, just with a different presentation.
I’m suggesting to merge the new “Volumes” class into the meshes / surfaces class and yes renaming as “surfaces” (or something better).
My concern is that in the current pull request, having a second render type will be a bit confusing. Most users will think “I want to generate an orbital” and whether it’s a surface or a volumetric rendering is more of a style than something separate.
It doesn’t have to happen in the current pull request – I’m just looking for feedback on the UI.
