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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 18:26:45 CST

Marcelo,
  Have a look at Axel Kohlmeyer's VMD/CPMD tutorial, he has an example
that animates a dipole arrow over time:
  http://www.theochem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~axel.kohlmeyer/cpmd-vmd/part3.html#chap5_sect2

Let us know if you still need help with this.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 02:30:41PM -0500, Marcelo A. Carignano wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using vmd to visualize trajectories of computer simulations.
> In my model molecule one of the interacting sites is a point-dipole,
> no a pair of charges, but a single point dipole.
> I can create a movie with no problem using a psf and a dcd file.
> No problems so far.
>
> Now I want to represent the particle carrying the dipole moment with an
> arrow, or anything that would show the direction of the dipole.
> My question is how can I get that effect.
>
> I will appreciate very much any help with this.
>
> Many thanks,
> Marcelo Carignano
> cari_at_purdue.edu 

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