From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 03 2004 - 16:26:44 CDT

Dinehs,
  Where are you "providing" these numbers to VMD?
VMD doesn't read any "extra" columns in XYZ files, if that's what
you're trying to do. You can set the "User" or "beta" fields in
VMD to an arbitrary value however, and then use that to color atoms.
See the User's Guide for examples.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 01:19:23PM -0700, pinisetty dinesh wrote:
> Hello John,
> Thanks a lot for your esteemed reply.It worked for
> me.I am talking about the xyz co-ordinates loading.
> Now I have another question,if suppose I have
> different atoms how I can view them in different
> colours.I want VMD to automatically do for me.I will
> differentiate atoms by a number.
> I will denote one type by number 1 and others by
> other numbers.Is there a possibility that VMD takes
> into account the numbers I provide and display them in
> different colours.
> I hope you willl do the needful.
> thanking you,
> Dinesh.
>
>
>
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