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From: Lan He (Lan.He_at_asu.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 07 2009 - 17:51:41 CDT

Hi, everyone,
 
I get the problem with displaying the periodic box in VMD. I downloaded pbctools.tcl and ran the codes of pbctools.tcl in VMD TkConsole. Then I thought I can used the commands in pbctools. But, sort of, not like this. I tried to use draw_pbc_vectors and I failed. I'm not familar with tcl code. So, I don't clearly know about the arguments in each command of pbctools. I know, it is easy to draw the defined box in OPGL. using lines to connect the defined points of the specific box can generate the box image (i.e. rectangular box or cubic box). I think the tcl codes in pbctools should have described how to draw. Unfortunately, I don't know how to use these commands. I guess I must miss something. Could anyone give me some suggestions? Thanks a lot!
 
Best,
 
Lan