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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri May 14 2004 - 10:33:10 CDT

Hi,
The NAMD force units are the same for IMD, SMD, constant forces,
and the Tcl forces interfaces implemented in NAMD:
  Kcal per Mol per Angstrom.

There's some information on this in the NAMD User's Guide, though
the section on IMD doesn't say this specifically:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd/current/ug/node32.html

Enjoy,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 04:34:02PM +1000, Harit Jani wrote:
> Dear Namd/Vmd Users,
>
> I am using NAMD-VMD-VRPN-PHANToM for Interactive Molecular Dynamics. I am able to apply
> the force on IMD and find out its values using get {ufx ufy ufz} command.
>
> Could you please help me to find out the unit of force I am applying on the simulation?
>
> Thank You,
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Harit Jani.
>
> 

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