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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 28 2009 - 10:40:38 CDT

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:55 AM, maria goranovic
<mariagoranovic_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> What if I make a movie out of the trajectory using default options (snapshot
> as renderer). Will the time show in that case?

yes. snapshot pretty strictly follows the "what you see is what you get" rule.

i was just making that remark to preempt a followup question about
missing text in tachyon rendering (which is what i tend to use almost
exclusively these days.)

cheers,
     axel.

> 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
> 

-- 
Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer    akohlmey_at_gmail.com
Institute for Computational Molecular Science
College of Science and Technology
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.