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From: Amarda Shehu (shehua_at_is.rice.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 22 2004 - 12:16:56 CDT

Thank you all. I downloaded 1.8.2 version of vmd and that did the trick. I
was working with 1.8.1

-Amarda Shehu
 Graduate Student,
 Rice University.

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, John Stone wrote:

>
> Amarda,
> What you've been told is inaccurate. You can use the
> "draw multiple frames" feature on the Trajectory tab of the
> graphical representations window to superimpose multiple trajectory
> frames on top of each other simultaneously. This does not require
> writing any PDB files or doing anything special other than specifying
> to VMD what frame range to draw etc. Since you didn't specify what
> file format these frames originate from, I don't know any details
> about your structure(s), but I'm assuming from your brief query that
> you're trying to visualize multiple trajectory timesteps at the same
> time, which is precisely what the 'draw multiple frames' feature is for.
> If you are running a version of VMD prior to VMD 1.8.2, you'll need to
> get VMD 1.8.2 in order to use this feature.
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 10:51:57AM -0500, Amarda Shehu wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have been told that the only way to superimpose frames in vmd is to
> > write pdb files for each of them and then load these pdb files.
> > This is not possible when I have about 100 frames that I would rather see
> > superimposed on one another.
> >
> > I have been looking for scripts or anything that automatically does this.
> > If you have any pointers from experience, please let me know. I am trying
> > to make some pictures, so an animation won't cut it.
> >
> > -Amarda Shehu
> > Graduate Student,
> > Rice University.
>
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