[ase-users] [EXTERNAL] Pure python ASE viewer

[Michael Walter]

Dear Noam,

On Thu 15. Aug 2019 at 08:31, Noam Bernstein via ase-users <
ase-users at listserv.fysik.dtu.dk> wrote:

> On Aug 14, 2019, at 6:35 PM, Michael Joseph Waters <
> michael.j.waters at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>
> Noam,
>
> I'm also hoping to see what you've made!
>
> If it helps, the add_isosurface_to_pov function uses skimage's very fast
> marching_cubes_lewiner implementation to generate the isosurface vertices.
> It might be easier to repurpose some of that code to save time.
>
>
> Almost anything visualization related is coming from vtk, which has
> marching cubes, as well as some other algorithms (variable opacity voxels),
> slices, etc.  That’s one of the reasons I chose it.  It also has GUI
> features like object picking, billboarding (to create labels in 3D that are
> parallel to the screen).
>
> Once I’ve done some internal testing, I’ll see if I can get it ready for
> release.
>

As I inderstand you are working on an alternative implementation for the
gui. Would it be possible to reuse some of the work done for the present
gui (which I regard as quite powerful) or even set up on this?

In my experience alternative implementations nearly always miss some of the
features.

Best,
Michael


> Noam
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