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From: Peter Freddolino (petefred_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 12 2006 - 11:37:27 CDT

Dear Margaret,
to be clear, do you know what the long axis is and just want to know how
to move things right, or do you not know what the longest axis is?
Peter

Margaret Shun Cheung wrote:

>
> Dear VMD wizards,
>
> I want rotate my aspherical molecule such that its long axis will be
> aligned to the z- axis. Is there a VMD script that can be used for
> this purpose?
> Thank you very much!
> Sincerely,
> Margaret S. Cheung,
> Ph. D. Postdoctoral Fellow,
>
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