3. Mouse & keyboard | ![]() |
3.1 Mouse
The mouse can be used to manage the 3D objects
trough rotation, translation and scale operations, changing the mouse mode with the
context menu and/or the M hotkey (see hotkeys section). To change a 3D property, you must
drag the mouse from left to right and vice versa pressing the left mouse button.
In the main window you can select some functions with the context menu, pressing the right
mouse button:
Item | Subitem | Description |
Mouse mode | Rotate | switches the mouse into the rotation mode. |
Translate | switches the mouse into the translation mode. | |
Scale | switches the mouse into the scaling mode. | |
Display | Wireframe | switches the current display mode in Wireframe, Van Der Waals with vectors, Van der Waals solid, CPK with vectors and CPK solid. |
VdW | ||
VdW Solid | ||
CPK | ||
CPK Solid | ||
Reset | resets the current view, changing to default the rotations, the translations and the scale factor. |
3.2 Hotkeys
When the main window is active, some commands can be executed directly from the keyboard, like showed in the followind table:
Key | Description |
A | Turn on/off the animation mode. |
ESC | Close VEGA. |
L | Switch on/off the light. |
M | Change the mouse mode in rotate -> translate -> scale. |
SPC | Stop the animation. |
V | Change the current display mode in Wireframe -> Van Der Waals with vectors -> Van der Waals solid -> CPK with vectors -> CPK solid (see the main menu section). |
Arrows Up, Down |
Rotate the molecule around the X axis. |
Arrows Left, Right |
Rotate the molecule around the Y axis. |
Pg. Up Pg. Down |
Rotate the molecule around the Z axis. |