VIDA 2.1.0¶

New Features¶

Added interactive text annotation of molecules
Added the ability to start, monitor, terminate, and load results from external processes
Added a protein sequence viewer as part of the 2D depiction widget
Added the oechemlite Python module, enabling significantly greater scripting functionality within VIDA
Added the ability to create arbitrary sphere monitors via the scripting API (see Python API for documentation of the new method CreateSphereMonitor(...))
Added support for fullscreen display
Added new emph{cloud} visualization style for grids
Added support for copy and paste of molecules from ISIS/Draw
Added support for use of the Maestro mouse map in the 3D display
Added support for saving screenshots in JPG format in addition to PNG

Cleaned up the appearance of the right-click popup menus
Added a “Style” option to the right-click popup menus, when appropriate to the context, which mirrors the main “Style” menu
Added significantly greater detail to info labels created when holding down the “ctrl” (or “alt” on Mac) key when moving the mouse in the 3D or 2D views
Added two default filtered spreadsheets to the application: “Molecules” and “Proteins”
Filled out the scripting API for greater control of the GUI - in particular for menus and toolbar
Greatly improved the electrostatic coloring scheme for protein surfaces
Added the ability to change the font used by the application

Fixed a crash when trying to generate electrostatic contours on extremely small molecules (e.g. water)

Fixed a number of preferences that were not being properly saved or obeyed by the application
Fixed the undo stack such the initial setup of the 3D display cannot be undone by accident
Fixed the display of angle monitor measurements from radians to degrees
Fixed the display of the text scale widget such that it is not hidden on low resolution monitors
Made sure that when saving images and state files, a proper file extension is added to the filename, even if one was not specified