Description of each VMD form

 

VMD uses several different GUI forms, each designed to control a specific aspect of the molecular display (e.g., to control the appearance of the graphics display window, or to change the colors of displayed objects). Each form has a unique name, includes a button with the name of the form near the top of the window. Pressing this button will hide the form from view. The following sections give a brief description of the forms available in VMD; the remaining chapters in this manual describe the actions which these forms make available in greater detail.

 
• Main Form
• Molecules (Mol) Form
  • Loading a New Molecule
  • The Molecule List browser
  • Changing the Molecule's Status
  • Deleting a Molecule
• Files Form
• Graphics Form
  • Image Controls
  • Atom Name Lists
  • Changing Views
• Animate Form
  • Animation Speed
  • Jumping to Specific Frames
  • Looping Styles
• Edit Animation Form
  • Reading Frames
  • Writing Frames
  • Deleting Frames
  • Amount Chooser
• Labels Form
  • Label categories
  • Modifying or deleting a label
  • Plotting a label's value
• Display Form
• Color Form
  • Changing the RGB Value of a Color
  • Color Scale
• Render Form
  • Rendering
  • Caution
• Tracker Form
  • Trackers
  • Tools
• Remote Form
  • Establishing a Connection
  • Starting a New Simulation
  • Once a Connection is Made
• Sim Form
  • Modifiable Parameters