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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 12:30:12 CST

Hi Matt,
  For your particular problem, I'd recommend using the
Mouse->Move->Molecule menu item to actually manipulate the
atom coordinates rather than the view transform. That should
avoid the problem you're having there. From there, you can
use the 'writepdb' option of atomselect to write the structure
that you changed to a new file so that you can load that one
from then on. If this isn't appropriate to your needs, there
are other things one can do to get what you want.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:20:32PM -0500, Matt Whorton wrote:
> What I want to do is load two molecules into VMD to form a larger
> complex of the two. However, when I try to do this, by translating one
> molecule relative to the other, the two molecules will still rotate
> around the same point of reference within each molecule. I understand
> the utility for that, but is there a way to change the point of
> reference so that there exists only one for the whole complex; allowing
> you to manipulate the complex as a whole?
>
> thanks for your help
> Matt Whorton 

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