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From: Uday Chippada (chippada_at_eden.rutgers.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 14:53:49 CST

That did the job. Thank you very much :)

Uday
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Stone" <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
To: "Uday Chippada" <chippada_at_eden.rutgers.edu>
Cc: <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Move molecule

>
> Hi,
> Use the "moveby" subcommand of atomselect...
> There are various examples of how to use atomselect to perform
translations,
> transformations, etc in the VMD User's Guide.
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 12:58:43PM -0500, Uday Chippada wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have seen the mouse mode commands to move a molecule, thus changing
its coordinates.
> > 5 mouse mode 4 6 move atom
> > 6 mouse mode 4 7 move residue
> > 7 mouse mode 4 8 move fragment
> > 8 mouse mode 4 9 move molecule
> > 9 mouse mode 4 13 move highlighted rep
> >
> >
> > But using these commands, I cannot specify a particular displacement. I
want to know, if there is any other text command using which I can move the
molecule to a new loaction (if possible copy the present molecule and paste
it at a new location). But I want to give the amount by which I want to move
it .. like "move rep by 15 A in y-direction". Something similar to that.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated,
> >
> > Thanx
> >
> > Uday
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