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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 04:55:47 CDT

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Rene wrote:

RS> Hi all,

hi rene,

RS> is there a way to animate a set of pdbs with different size?
RS>
RS> Whenever next.pdb in
RS> animate read pdb next.pdb
RS> has not the same size than previous.pdb
RS> there comes an error message:
RS> "Incorrect number of atoms ...".
RS> Can one circumvent that?

yes. but since VMD has been designed for handling
trajectories of large systems efficiently, it is
somewhat of a hack. please have a look at:
http://www.theochem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~axel.kohlmeyer/cpmd-vmd/part7.html#chap9_sect5

best regards,
    axel.

RS> Thanks,
RS>
RS> Rene
RS>
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