OpenChemistry/avogadrolibs

Port "eye candy" from Avogadro v1

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#222 opened on Mar 15, 2018

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Description

Interacting with the mouse in Avogadro 1 rendered some "eye candy" indicating how the model could be manipulated.

The code is here: https://github.com/cryos/avogadro/blob/master/libavogadro/src/tools/eyecandy.cpp

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Research direction
Inspect the original eye candy implementation in Avogadro v1 and understand how it uses mouse events to render visual feedback. Then examine the current codebase to identify how tools handle mouse interactions and where to port the eye candy feature. Look for any existing rendering or interaction patterns that can be reused.
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cpp
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desktopcomputer graphics
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