VMD-L Mailing List

From: Peter Freddolino (petefred_at_umich.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 12 2020 - 00:38:10 CST

It is really impossible to give an efficient answer to your question
without more precise details on what you're trying to do, and exactly what
steps you took to try to do it. Please see
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

For examples of how to render a movie that does whatever you want, have a
look at the VMD movie plugin (
https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/); if you have needs
beyond what it can do automatically, its source code provides examples for
how to render images properly to piece together a movie.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 8:25 PM Demy Hernandez <demy.hernandez00_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sounds good, thank you for the response!
>
> One final question, do you by chance know of any basic scripts that will
> allow me control molecules and move them where I want (similar to the
> moveby command) that also allow me to create mp4 movies?
> Because when I try to use the moveby command and add my new viewpoints in
> the View-Change-Render extension it does not show the molecules moving and
> when I create the movie there is no movement.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Demetrius
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 6:10 PM Peter Freddolino <petefred_at_umich.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Please keep the mailing list copied on your replies. To find out how to
>> replicate something that you do with the GUI, go to the console and type
>> logfile console
>> (then press enter)
>> Then, it will print the command line equivalent to anything you do in the
>> GUI. You can use this, for example, to get translate command syntax
>> examples.
>> Best,
>> Peter
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 7:11 PM Demy Hernandez <
>> demy.hernandez00_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Peter,
>>>
>>> The error only says " translate [by | to] <x> <y> <z>, however I am
>>> unsure what I am doing wrong.
>>>
>>> Is there any way you can send me an example of how to use the translate
>>> command (possibly the translateby) to translate a molecule x y z units?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your time!
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>>>
>>> Demetrius
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 10:17 AM Peter Freddolino <petefred_at_umich.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is hard for folks to comment on syntax errors without a specific
>>>> example.
>>>> Best,
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 1:36 PM Demy Hernandez <
>>>> demy.hernandez00_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a TCL command to perform the same operation as the
>>>>> translation function with the mouse (similar to the move/moveby command)?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have attempted to use the translate command, but keep on getting
>>>>> syntax errors. Can someone please help?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your time!
>>>>>
>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>>
>>>>> Demetrius
>>>>>
>>>>