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From: Yi Shang (mirandaisbest_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 21 2009 - 15:05:51 CDT

I just realized maybe there isn't any atom/residue name info or things like
that. But, does that mean we wont visualize DCD trajectory like AMBER ones?

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Yi Shang <mirandaisbest_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have been using VMD for like 1 year looking at PDB files or AMBER files,
> haven't had any problem. It's VMD 1.8.6 downloaded from VMD website.
>
> Now I try to learn visualizing DCD files.
>
> I downloaded equilibration.dcd from vmd tutorial web page. loaded it into
> VMD.
> It said it used plugin dcd, and then finished with equilibration.dcd file.
> -I saw nothing on the screen.
> -I went to 'representation' and clicked 'creat rep' (not like PDB files,
> VMD did not create a representation for that DCD file).
> Then I saw a box of atoms, represented by small white balls.
> But I could not change representations, The only combination worked was
> 'selected atoms: all, Drawing Method: Line or Licorice'.
> -I tried extension - analysis - sequence viewer, then VMD would crash
> immediately telling me it encountered some problem and needs to close...
>
> Do I need extra plugin to visualize DCD files? I am confused.
>
> --
> Miranda
> 

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Miranda