Re: [PyMOL] dcd trajectories in PyMOL

2012-02-29 Thread Thomas Holder
Hi Andreas, I forgot one step, sorry. The update.py script does not copy the header files from the include directory, so you need: cd $VMD/plugins/include cp vmdconio.h molfile_plugin.h $PYMOL/contrib/uiuc/plugins/include Here I put $VMD and $PYMOL as the respective source tree roots. Hopefull

Re: [PyMOL] finding complete residues within a RANGE OF distance cutoff

2012-02-29 Thread Thomas Holder
Hi Anasuya, your question is related to this one from September last year: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg09588.html In short (example with heme as ligand): select ligand, chain A and resn HEM select shortrange, byres (polymer within 4.5 of ligand) select midran

[PyMOL] map_new questions

2012-02-29 Thread Daniel Larsson
I'm trying to understand the map_new command, especially the "gaussian" option. What determines the shape of the gaussian function? What is the relationship between the "b" factor and the variance (or the full-width-half-maxium) of the gaussian? How is the map normalized? What does the "grid" o

[PyMOL] Movie making questions

2012-02-29 Thread Yuri
Dear Users, I was putting together some movies using pymol and I have some questions. First, how can I gradually make a surface go from solid to transparent? Currently what I see is, in scene 1 I have it solid (0% transp.) surface. Then after I show some ligands and aa side chains in scene 2, I

Re: [PyMOL] Movie making questions

2012-02-29 Thread Thomas Holder
Hi Yuri, > I was putting together some movies using pymol and I have some > questions. > First, how can I gradually make a surface go from solid to transparent? > Currently what I see is, in scene 1 I have it solid (0% transp.) > surface. Then after I show some ligands and aa side chains in sce