From: Suman Chakrabarty (suman_at_sscu.iisc.ernet.in)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2008 - 14:02:55 CDT

John Stone wrote:
> Hi,
> VMD 1.8.6 and earlier all have a radial position-based coloring
> mode. The new test versions of VMD 1.8.7 also provide linear position-based
> coloring along the X/Y/Z axes.
>

Sorry I was too quick in asking questions! It seems the coloring method
"Pos" provides the radial coloring. Also, "Index" serves my purpose of
distinguishing different parts of a polymer chain.

I shall check the test version pretty soon for the position-dependent
color along X/Y/Z axes.

Thanks for your answers.

Regards,
Suman Chakrabarty.