From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 20 2007 - 22:50:19 CDT

Arun,
  Use the "user" field rather than beta. As you discovered, the
"beta" field currently applies to all frames. The "user" field
is frame-specific.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 12:08:17PM +0900, Arun Krishnan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I need to change the beta values for each frame of a trajectory. Currently,
> I find that setting the beta value for one frame, sets it for all the other
> frames too. I guess
> that one way to do it is to split the trajectory into separate PDB files and
> load each file as a new molecule and then set the beta values separately.
> However,
> I also need to visualize these changes as a movie. In this case I don't
> think I can do that can I? Would sure appreciate some help on this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arun

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