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From: Björn Windshügel (windshuegel_at_zbh.uni-hamburg.de)
Date: Tue Nov 24 2009 - 12:22:47 CST

Hi Sergey,

probably you have selected the ''obtain readable GRIDKONT'' option in GRID
before launching the program. The resulting kont-file cannot be read by VMD.
Just selecting '' export GRIDKONT'' should work.

Best regards,

Björn

> Dear VMDs,
>
> I've been trying to use VMD (1.8.7) for GRID program output .kont files
> visualization. However, I always get "Unable to load molecule". In
> this case I chose the file type as "GRID, UHBD Binary Potential Map". I
> tried also to use other formats of the same potential maps: Insight grid
> (.grd) and Sybyl contour (.cnt) and still I face the same problem.
>
> Interestingly, several years ago I tried to visualize GRID results with
> VMD and it worked without problem. Did GRID output format changed since
> it turned to be commercial or do I do something wrong?
>
> Thank you very much for your help in advance!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sergey 

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