Adding this from earlier post: http://fold.it/portal/node/988030
Extended rotating: Torsion tool
Case number: 845813-988030
Topic: Game: Tools
Opened by: Crashguard303
Using the rotate tool (tweak), I had the idea of a tool, which rotates the ends of a selection into opposite directions, creating a torsion.
Try this with a shoelace or other strings:
Put it into both hands, each end between the fingertips of one hand, and rotate one end into one direction, and rotate the other end into the opposite direction, and see what happens!
No good way of doing this, I have a script to do it ( http://fold.it/portal/recipe/39500 ) but protein is too stiff. Doubleplusupvote!
On this subject. I am a relative newcomer but here is my impression. To use a car metaphor, we seem to have tweak, and pull, and to a lesser extent scroll geared as a 1 to three or five ratio. Meaning, that when we click or move these functions react or jump too far. I suspect some of it may have to do with the electrovalent forces. It has however, seemed to me that we may need instead a 3 or five or two to one ratio to increase precision and relieve eye strain and frustration. More like a DaVinci surgery machine which allows much more precise surgery. I think it would improve the player experience tremendously. It would be good if this could be done at the GUI level without impacting LUA scripts adversely.
PS. I forgot. The move tool also has the same problem.
