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From: Eduard Schreiner (eduard.schreiner_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 15 2010 - 13:47:16 CST

Hi David,

you may want to take a look into

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/pbctools/

check also for related questions on the list, it was discussed here a lot.

eddi

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:31 PM, David Wedner <wedner.david_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to measure the radius of gyration of some methane molecules in a
> cubic water box
> the problem is that due to the applied periodic boundary conditions some
> molecules are transformed to the other side of the box
>
> how to transfer these molecules back to their parent position so that I have
> all molecules together ?
>
> Thanks
>
> David
>
>
> 

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