FoldinGL

FoldinGL will display three-dimensional, animated and rotating protein, which is the result of your current Folding@home calculation.

Starting from version 1.20, this program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Features

Uses OpenGL to show 3D model of the currently processed Folding@home protein.
Generates smooth animation based on the frames calculated by client.
Automatic protein rotation with adjustable speed and smoothness.
Zero CPU load when rotation and animation paused.
Configurable amount of FPS(frames per second) allows to choose between smooth animation and low CPU usage.
The protein can be rotated manually (using the Numpad keys).
Can be closed/restarted without interrupting the F@h client.
Works in Linux (under Wine).

If have any suggestions about this program, please either mail me or post in the forum discussion.

Version	Date	What's new
v1.30b1 (src)	2004-05-10	Smooth animation using approximation between two adjancent frames. The protein still changes motion direction instantly on frame boundaries, though. I've experimented with tri-frame approximation to smooth this out, but didn't get the desired effect. May enable it in a future version if I will figure out how to do it correctly. The "Settings..." dialog now has two parameters for animation. Smoothness determines how many calculated subframes to insert between two "real" client's frames, and Speed determines how fast to switch between them during animation. Always uses a square viewport. That means the protein won't stretch when you resize or maximize window anymore; it will always keep its original proportions instead. Ability to change bond color's brightness: use keys "[" and "]"(square brackets). This isn't stored in the ini-file for now. Fixed a possible problem with the positioning of Help text with Windows' Large Fonts setting enabled.
v1.21 (src)	2004-05-08	Better WU type detection, should fix the problems with detection of GROMACS WUs (esp. when the F@h client is running). Does not show version number in the window title anymore. Now exits when ESC key pressed.
v1.20 (src)	2004-05-01	Fixed compatibility problems arising with the new TINKER and GROMACS WUs (resulting in unability to run the program with error messages "Invalid numeric input" and "Unable to load data"). Thanks for a report to Diamant. The program is now distributed under the GNU GPL, the website has been moved to udmon.sourceforge.net/?fgl, integration with UD Monitor is planned in future versions.
v1.10	2004-01-03	Now supports Gromacs WUs (but shows one frame only).
v1.03	2002-10-07	Will not autoswitch to the latest frame if Animation is active. Will not run(instead of showing an infinite number of error boxes) if the current F@h WU is a Gromacs one, or the ARC file is corrupted.
-	-	Version history...

Usage

First of all, unpack the downloaded file into the Folding@home client's folder, and run FoldinGL.exe. If your Folding@home client has a partially completed TINKER WU, you will see a rotating view of the resulting protein.

You may want to change the current frame(press "+" or "-"), toggle animation("A") or rotation("R"). To have a better view of the protein's structure, use the Numpad arrows(with NumLock On) to rotate it over X, Y and Z axes. If the protein doesn't fit in the window, zoom out by using Numpad 7. Various settings can be adjusted in the Settings window(press "S"). Keyboard help in the bottom of the window can be hidden by "H".

Colors
C: Gray O, O2: Red H, H1..H5: White	N, N*, N2: Blue OH: Light-Blue P: Yellow	Other: Green

If you find any bugs, please don't hesitate to inform me about them.

Known Issues

Incompatible with ATI 3D Rage Pro, Sis 630, and possibly some other video cards which lack proper OpenGL support. Thanks for reports to JWhy and #64-Lux.
Overlay text sometimes disappears when leaving/moving/resizing window with rotation and animation stopped. To make it visible again, rotate the protein a bit, or switch frames.
Overlay text flickers on my new Radeon 9000. It did display smoothly on my older card(GF2MX400), however.