From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 13 2003 - 15:53:15 CDT

Dear Marc,

> And is there a similarly simple way to apply the force to the whole
> residue instead just one atom (like with the mouse) for the tools ?

Use the "Assigned Rep" tab in the Tools form of VMD 1.8.1
(to be released this weekend!!) to apply forces to a particular
atom selection/representation.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

>
> Thanks in advance,
> Marc Baaden
>
>
> NB: this is on a very simple alanine test case, so minimization is
> almost instantaneous and system size should not play a role.
>
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