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From: maria goranovic (mariagoranovic_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 28 2009 - 09:55:02 CDT

What if I make a movie out of the trajectory using default options (snapshot
as renderer). Will the time show in that case?

Thank you for helping

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:57 AM, maria goranovic
> <mariagoranovic_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Is it possible to get a timer in vmd animations ? The earlier reference
> in
> > the list is to a dial, which might be too big to accommodate.
>
> yes, it is possible. you have to use the same mechanism as it is used
> by other graphical options, i.e. put a trace on the vmd_frame variable.
>
> there are a number of examples around, all you have to do is to replace
> the script code that draws the graphics with script code that draws the
> text you would like to see. please note, that text output is currently not
> exported to external renderes, for technical reasons.
>
> cheers,
> axel.
> > Thanking you
> >
> > -maria
> >
> > --
> > Maria G.
> > Technical University of Denmark
> > Copenhagen
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com
> Institute for Computational Molecular Science
> College of Science and Technology
> Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
> 

-- 
Maria G.
Technical University of Denmark
Copenhagen