From: Joaquim Rui Rodrigues (joaquim.rodrigues_at_estg.ipleiria.pt)
Date: Wed Dec 03 2008 - 11:44:55 CST

Hi,

I'm not sure I fully understand the selection you want to achieve, but try the
following:

type F1 and within 5 of (resid 2 and type C1)

Hope this helps,
Rui Rodrigues

On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:02:57 +0530, aneesh cna wrote
> Respected VMD users,
> I would like to know how to select particular atom around another
> atom, for e.g I want to select atom ' F1' within 5 angstrom of another atom,
> say ' C1'. The command ' within 5 of resid 2 and type C1' ( in graphical
> representation window ) will select all the atoms within 5 angstrom of C1
> in residue 1, but I want to select only the ' F1' atoms around C1 within 5
> A. How to do such selection?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Aneesh

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