From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 20 2006 - 10:40:46 CDT

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Jawahar Neelankatan wrote:

JN> Hi all,

JN> When I click on PDB files in my computer, they open in VMD. They are
JN> displayed using the default 'line' graphic representation. I'd like
JN> them to display in the CPK (ball and stick) graphic representation
JN> by default. Is there any way to set this as the default so that when
JN> VMD opens, the PDB file is automatically displayed in CPK
JN> representation and not 'line' representation ?

yes. check out the 'mol default' command. it has been
discussed on the mailing list a number of times. see e.g.:
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/7085.html

axel.

JN>
JN> Thanks,
JN> Jawahar
JN>
JN>
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