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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 07 2009 - 18:39:55 CDT

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 15:51 -0700, Lan He wrote:
> 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!

pbctools.tcl is _long_ obsolete.

the pbctools plugin is integral part of the VMD distribution and the
documentation is available online _with_ examples.

cheers,
    axel.
> Best,
>
> Lan
> 

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