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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu May 12 2005 - 20:09:06 CDT

Hi,
  The SPIDER plugin is brand new, I've just posted the latest versions
of all of the molfile plugins and GUI extensions for VMD 1.8.3. You'll
need to follow the quick instructions there to get the SPIDER plugin
added to your VMD 1.8.3 installation. They are available here:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/183update1/

  John Stone

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:50:10PM -0400, Michael Radermacher wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just downloaded and installed VMD on windows and linux. I had seen in the web
> pages that VMD can, as one format of volumetric data, read SPIDER volume data
> (SPIDER being the image processing system for 3d electron microscopy from the
> Wadsworth center). I mainly want to use the system to represent
> 3Dreconstructions produced in SPIDER. However, after I installed it I cannot
> find it. I looked also at the plugins and cannot see anything. What am I
> overlooking? Or has this feature disappeared? Is there a workaround? I can
> easily convert the volume to a string of 8 bit data without header and could
> enter the dimensions manually. Is there a possibility for this alternative?
>
> This may be a beginner's question, but it would be great to get help.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>
> _______________________________
> Michael Radermacher, Assoc. Prof.
> University of Vermont
> College of Medicine
> Dept. Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
> Burlington, VT 05405 

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