1. Introduction |
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Starting from the release 1.3, the VEGA Win32
package has a powerful graphic interface, based on OpenGL 3D library. This feature allows
to execute in simple way the standard VEGA operations and introduces a 3D view of
molecules. The most important functions implemented trough the graphic interface are:
3D Graphic Features:
- Strong OpenGL hardware acceleration (depending on your graphic card).
- 3D molecule view (wireframe, CPK wireframe, CPK solid, VdW wireframe,
VdW solid).
- 3D surface view with most coloring methods (property, atom type and
custom).
- 3D object manipulation.
- Lighting (available with hardware acceleration only).
- Smooth animations.
- Color properties.
- Labels (atom name, element, atom type, atom number and atomic
charge).
- Mouse control for rotations, translations, scale operations and
animations.
- Atom picking.
Graphic User Interface:
- All VEGA functions are available trough menu and/or requesters.
- Extended menu with accelerators.
- Context menu.
- Buttons, radio buttons, combo boxes, list boxes, check boxes and
sliders.
- Cut, Copy & Paste operations.
- Command console with command history.
- Glass windows.
- Integrated Html help.
Calculation Tools:
- Analysis of molecular dynamics trajectory files.
- Graphic interface for BioDock 3.0.
- Graphic interface for Mopac 6 (included in the package).
- Molecular properties.
- Secondary structure prediction (Predator).
Extra Tools:
- PDB interface to download the structures directly in VEGA (PowerNet
plugin).
- Integrated Mini Text Editor.
- Integrated Graph Editor.
- Task manager.
- Dhrystone test.
External Tools:
- File decompressor (WinDD).
- REBOL Web server for on-line documentation.
Scripting Language:
- REBOL scripting language for batch processing, multiple calculations
and multiple host communication. The REBOL interpreter is included in the OpenGL
package.
- Support for standard batch files trough SendVegaCmd command.
- Other language can be used writing a simple interface code.
Other features:
- Plugin system to expand the VEGA capabilities.
- Full language localization (locale.dll).
- Pentium optimized code and 586, 686, Pentium 4, K6, Athlon/Duron DLLs
(TurboPack) for maximum performances.
- Demo.