The Fullscreen option in the the Display menu or the Fullscreen button in the Dialog Bar - Left switches to full-screen display. One reason to do this is to take advantage of full-screen, full-color stereoscopic viewing using shutter glasses - the software and hardware for some of these systems will only work in full-screen mode. See below and the Stereoscopic Display section in Reference for the requirements and procedures.
Except when in the Direct3D drawing mode, mouse buttons have the same effect as when in the atom ID Cursor mode in a window
Left button down is for identifying atoms, as in the normal windowed mode. If the left mouse button is clicked when not on an atom, a dialog offering Quit or escape from the Fullscreen mode, plus the control options of the shortcut keys, will appear.
Right button down and moving the mouse down causes rotation exactly as in the normal windowed mode.
In the Direct3D mode, fullscreen, there is no atom identification - the only action of the mouse is to rotate the structure. The shortcut keys have their full effect.
To exit from Fullscreen display, press the Escape key; or click with the mouse where there is no atom.
-- KEYBOARD CONTROLS FOR FULLSCREEN MODE
With V6.4, the ATOMS shortcut keys have been revised and greatly expanded.
Rotation and vibrational animation can not currently be done at the same time - turn off vibration in order to rotate the structure and vice-versa.
-- IF THE KEYBOARD IS NOT FULLY ACTIVE IN FULLSCREEN MODE
On different platforms (Windows, Macintosh, Linux) or different releases or versions of the same platform, some or all of the keys may be inactive in Fullscreen mode. Thus if some or all of the above keyboard controls do not work, click with the mouse where there is no atom, and you will be presented with a dialog giving the above options explicitly, as well as the option to Quit or exit fullscreen mode.
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--Windows Only
Full-screen, full-color stereoscopic viewing with shutter glasses and CRT Monitors. The following describes older technology for CRT monitors, not newer technology such as nVidia 3D Vision, which requires special shutter glasses and certain 120 Hz monitors. That technology is supported with the 3D Quad Stereo Drawing mode (and can work in a window, not only in Fullscreen mode) or with the Direct3D mode.
Stereo viewing works best when Perspective is selected.
Shutter glasses, with driver software for Windows operating systems, were available from some vendors. The most complete support is for nVidia cards, the stereo drivers for which are available for free online (www.nvidia.com). The requirements and general procedure for shutter-glasses viewing are as follows.
1) You must have a cathode-ray-tube (CRT) monitor. Flat-screen monitors will not work because the refreshing mechanism is different.
2) You must install the stereo software driver for your particular graphics card onto the computer. You may also need an up-to-date driver for the card itself. For nVidia cards, it may be necessary to get older drivers which support the 3D stereo mode - try searching on the internet for the name of your card plus "3D stereo driver". For other cards you will need a third-party stereo driver, which may be provided with the glasses. The driver must support OpenGL.
3) Install the glasses (or the wireless station), typically by inserting a "dongle" where the monitor cable plugs into the computer (graphics card).
4) Turn on the Fullscreen mode in ATOMS, then turn on the stereo mode, usually by using a "hot key". It may be best to turn stereo on after entering full-screen mode in ATOMS, and turn it off before exiting.
Flickering in stereo mode is caused by a monitor refresh rate that is too slow. This usually may be reset in the Windows Display control panel and/or in the stereo driver software. On switching into full-screen mode, ATOMS first tries the current screen size, bit-depth and refresh rate. If this fails, then it tries successively smaller screen sizes. If you get a message saying that the switch into full-screen mode has failed, you can try changing the bit-depth (for example from 32- or 24-bit to 16-bit) or the refresh rate in the Windows Display control panel or in the stereo driver software.
The Website www.stereo3d.com has some basic technical information about shutter-glasses stereo, but the information on specific hardware and vendors may be out of date because the technology and marketing are currently moving very rapidly.
Caution: use shutter glasses or other hardware and driver software at your own risk - stereo drivers may have a tendency to crash your system. SHAPE software is not responsible for any damage to your hardware or software through use of these devices.