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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2008 - 12:28:06 CDT

Hi,
  VMD 1.8.6 and earlier all have a radial position-based coloring
mode. The new test versions of VMD 1.8.7 also provide linear position-based
coloring along the X/Y/Z axes.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:47:59PM +0530, Suman Chakrabarty wrote:
> Is it possible to make the color dependent on position, e.g. gradient
> along any axis?
>
> When I try to visualize a simple C100 polymer chain in entangled state,
> it is difficult to distinguish the folds and turns since all C atoms are
> in same color (CPK mode). It would be nice to have a space dependent
> gradient in color. Even a gradient in a particular axis (say, along z
> axis) would be fine.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Regards,
> Suman Chakrabarty.
>
> 

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