Re: [Update REQ 5322]: geomview usage stategy

[mikeu at nucleus.msae.wisc.edu]

Stuart,

thank you for replying.

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> 
> That is, you might begin by saying
>    (geometry geom1  { : bunch1 })	# atoms 1..45 will go here
>    (geometry geom2  { : bunch2 })	# atoms 46..90 will go here
>    ...					# etc.
> 
> instead of saying, as I suppose you do now
>    (geometry ice    { : atoms })	# all atoms appended here
> 
> Hope this is some help...
> 

i dont think i can use this stradegy as i dont know ahead of time which
objects can be grouped, and in principle every atom may need to be
displayed individually at some point.

i'm not sure your analysis w.r.t. rescanning is quite right, as the
number of rescans should be the pretty much constant at every frame,
but the first frame is read much faster than say the 200th.

may i send you a self-contained file for your viewing pleasure?

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