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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 02 2012 - 13:19:41 CST

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:07 PM, oguz gurbulak <gurbulakoguz_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have three different segments in psf and pdb files. One of them is water
> and I want to create a picture of my system in VMD. To have a more clear
> picture I should use different representations for my different segments.
> For instance, segment A and C will be lines , segment B ( water ) will be
> VDW or ball like drawing method like ions. Is it possible to generate a
> picture that is similar to that in VMD ?

yes. why not? you can mix-and-match multiple representations
and have the same or different selections and visualizations in
them to your liking.

i doubt that this will be "a more clear picture",
but that is beside the point...

axel.

> Thanks for your help.
> From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com>
> To: oguz gurbulak <gurbulakoguz_at_yahoo.com>
> Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Monday, January 2, 2012 7:42 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: represent water molecules
>
> On Mon, 2012-01-02 at 03:48 -0800, oguz gurbulak wrote:
>> Dear VMD users,
>>
>>
>> How can I represent water molecules ( or any segment in pdb file )
>> with red balls ( ball representation ) in VMD ?
>
> there is no representation in VMD called "ball".
>
> you have to be a bit more specific what
> you are looking for.
>
> please always keep in mind that the quality
> of answers to a question depends very much
> on the quality of the question.
>
> axel.
>
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>> Thanks for your help.
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>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
> akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> College of Science and Technology,
> Institute for Computational Molecular Science,
> Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
>
>
> 

-- 
Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
College of Science and Technology
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.