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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_vitae.cmm.upenn.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 18 2006 - 12:09:04 CDT

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Tim Meyer wrote:

TM> dear all,
TM> if i read a nmr-style pdb into vmd (many models with same atom number) and do a
TM> atom selection like sqr(x)+sqr(y)+sqr(z) > 0 (only atoms not in origin) the
TM> selection is only made correctly for the first model and not updated neither
TM> when running through the trajectory nor visualizing all frames at once.
TM>
TM> i understand that updating each step would slowdown the process but in this case
TM> necessarily. is there a workaround like for secondary structure assignment
TM> (ss_cache)?

tim,
in the representations dialog there is a trajetory tab and the
corresponding dialog contains an Update Selection Every Frame option.

cheers,
   axel.
TM>
TM> thanks
TM>
TM> tim
TM> 

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