From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 22 2012 - 22:43:52 CST

Hi,
  You can do coordinate position comparisons using the "x", "y", and "z"
atom selection parameters, as described here:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/vmd-1.9.1/ug/node94.html#5308

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 03:09:33PM +0000, Ban Arn wrote:
> Dear VMD Users
>
> For selecting residues with 6A of ligand, we use command as "protein with
> 6 of resname UNK" in vmd.
>
> Is it possible to select the same 6A selection as a "x y z" co-ordiantes
> instead of using the above command (for example: xyz 6A of ligand).
>
> Kindly advice.
>
> Many Thanks
> Balaji

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