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From: gschlau-cohen_at_berkeley.edu
Date: Wed Feb 17 2010 - 15:56:34 CST

Thanks for the information. I have the "plot.pov" file but the problem I
have now is that the povray coordinates are not the coordinates in the
molecular frame from the pdb file. Can I generate a povray file in the
same coordinates or is there a way to transform the molecular coordinates
into the povray frame?

Thanks,
Gabriela

>
> Hi,
> VMD should have generated the "plot.pov" for you, the error you're
> getting is because VMD was trying to subsequently launch POV-Ray on
> the scene file it generated, but it couldn't find the 'povray'
> executable, so that second stage didn't complete. You can of course
> use the plot.pov file that VMD generated and feed it into your megapov
> install yourself.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 08:44:02AM -0800, gschlau-cohen_at_berkeley.edu
> wrote:
>> I just downloaded VMD and am trying to create a file that I can load
>> into
>> povray to add other objects onto within povray. When I run:
>> povray +W512 +H512 -Iplot.pov -Oplot.pov.tga +D +X +A +FT
>> I get this error:
>> povray: command not found.
>>
>> I have povray on my computer, but am running it through megapov.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to get a povray input out of vmd?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gabriela
>
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