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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2012 - 13:05:38 CDT

Hi,
  Above 99999 you can't write a legal PDB file without playing tricks.
I assume you are trying to write PDB files yes? Other file formats don't
have this issue.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 12:07:15PM -0500, Bryan Roessler wrote:
> Hello,
> Is there a method to force VMD to save atom numbers numerically instead of
> alphanumerically above atom number 99999? Several programs (notably CAVER)
> have problems storing alphanumeric labels into int fields.
> Thanks,
> Bryan 

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