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From: Peter C. Lai (pcl_at_uab.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 30 2011 - 13:50:01 CDT

On 2011-04-30 04:42:15AM -0500, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:
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> Axel Kohlmeyer
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> On Apr 30, 2011, at 3:18, Moutusi Manna <mou2c_21_at_yahoo.co.in<mailto:mou2c_21_at_yahoo.co.in>> wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> As we all know, in vmd, we can rotate or translate molecule using “VMD MAIN – Mouse –Rotate Mode/ Translate Mode”.
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> But can I measure the extent of rotation (in degree) or translation (in Å)?
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> Please note, that these operations do not change any atom coordinates. They simply change your viewpoint.
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> Axel

I assumed he knew about the Move atom/frag/residue/molecule checkbox...

I suppose extending the GUI in this way could be implemented with a custom
script/plugin that composes the transformation matrix and does the move after
reading in the values from a couple of Tk input fields. 

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