From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 13 2002 - 15:06:39 CST

Dear Mark,
  What version of AMBER are you running? There are a few possibilities,
but we'll need more details in order to help you get it done.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 03:59:33PM -0500, Mark Zottola - Contractor wrote:
> I am trying to use VMD for a visualization project here. I am using AMBER
> to generate a dynamics trajectory. AMBER produces a .crd file containing
> the coordinates of the system at each time step sampled (sampling every 25
> fs on a rather long simulation). It turns out that VMD will not read the
> file because AMBER's idea of crd and VMD's idea of crd are two different
> things.
>
> Now I would LIKE to visualize the trajectory using VMD. Is there any way I
> can massage my CRD file to make it readable to VMD or is there a relatively
> easily obtained CRD to DCD converter out there?
>
> This is, unfortunately a "time is of the essence" request, so quick replies
> are deeply appreciated.
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