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The 3D map manager

This tool is designed to store loaded 3D scalar fields (maps in XPLOR or CUBE format). Its a tab widget, each tab corresponding to one map. There is no limit to the number of loaded map. One map can be loaded several times, they will be identified by unique Id's such as map.xplor_0, map.xplor_1 etc...



The currently active map is the one corresponding to the currently visible tab. Each map can be drawn using two separate isosurfaces (for instance, for one positive and one negative contour). Each isolevel can be configured by changing the iso-value, the surface color, the surface transparency level or the aspect (filled or in wire mode). To be displayed, a given isosurface must have the "show" check box checked.

The first isosurface has a supplementary option, the "color surface according to" list box, which will contain all the other currently loaded map. On the above picture, "None" is selected meaning that the blue (here) color will be used to color the surface. If another map is selected in this combo box, then the currently active map will be painted according to the values of the map selected in this list, and its color can be configured using the 3D map color chart tool. The below example shows a translucent total electron density map contoured at 0.008 e/A3 and colored using the "elec_0" electrostatic potential map values.