From: Jean-Patrick Francoia (jeanpatrick.francoia_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2014 - 15:47:08 CDT

Le 29/04/2014 18:56, Davide Provasi a écrit :
> Chemaxon has tools and Java libraries to convert smiles to formats vmd
> can visualize
> (e.g. https://www.chemaxon.com/marvin/help/applications/molconvert.html)
> It requires a license but it's free for non-commercial use.
> the Corina web demo is also free and would generate high quality 3D
> molecular structures.
> http://www.molecular-networks.com/online_demos/corina_demo
> these tools, however are optimized for small molecules;
> I'm not sure how well they would perform on peptides, let alone long
> proteins
> good luck
>
> Davide
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Norman Geist
> <norman.geist_at_uni-greifswald.de
> <mailto:norman.geist_at_uni-greifswald.de>> wrote:
>
> I don't think this is possible even with scripting, as "building"
> tools do
> usually have a database with coordinate templates. How could you
> otherwise
> determine the position of the atoms while adding them? VMD is more a
> visualization-, than a building-tool, although it can be used for
> parameterization.
>
> Norman Geist.
>
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> > Auftrag von Jean-Patrick Francoia
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. April 2014 14:49
> > An: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu <mailto:vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > Betreff: vmd-l: Visualize a SMILES string
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I wonder if there is a way to visualize a SMILES string in VMD, and
> > possibly in 3D. I did a bit of digging but found nothing clear.
> >
> > How do you do that ?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > JP
>
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I can answer, these tools are not enough in my case. I had already tried
them, but in my case, I have too many atoms and the programs crash..