On Feb 12, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Marek Maly wrote:
Hello all,
I am just wondering if it is possible in Chimera to visualize not just the "central cell" but
also some periodic images (let say the first shell of per. images) if one
use Amber input files (*.prmtop and *.inpcrd/*.rst/*.mdcrd) where the information about the box
dimensions is available.
Thanks in advance for any relevant suggestion !
Hi Marek,
Well, if you were a masochist you could open additional copies of the trajectory, translate them the appropriate distance with the "move" command and then play them in synchrony with the "coordset" command, but that would be crazy. For now I would recommend something like VMD for this. We are working on a re-architected version of Chimera that will allow you to do this much more easily, but the availability of the new version is quite a ways off at this point -- particularly MD playback in the new version.
Nonetheless, I will add your name to the enhancement-request ticket we already have open for this so that you will be notified when it eventually becomes available.
--Eric