

and - atoms must have all specified properties to be in the selection.Keywords and their selections can be combined using ( and boolean operators: To select all water molecules: resname HOH.To select all cysteine amino acids: resname CYS.resname - selects all molecule groups with a given name, such as amino acids, nucleic acids, or water molecules.


To select a group of nonsequential atoms: index 389 or index 712 or index 954 or index.To select a group of sequential atoms: index 115 to 768.index - base 0, this allows the user to select single atoms or a group of atoms (and yes, the base 0 will mess with your brain endlessly.).To select multiple chains: chain A or chain C or chain E.chain - for protein and DNA structures selecting atoms by chain can be simple and useful, like using the segname selection.Selections don't have to be 4 letters long, example: segname FAB.segname - PDB, PSF, and CRD files can contain 4-letter segment identifiers that can be used to select groups of atoms.Graphics > Colors then selecting the "Display" option then selecting "Background" - Allows the user the change the background color.This can be used to make a "surface" on which surface-bound molecules can be placed so they're not just floating in space. Dispaly > Stage - Draws a stage on a specified part of the VMD Display window.For publication quality images this should be turned off, but it can help diagnose simulation problems when simulations involve a planar surface at z = 0. Dispaly > Axes - Allows the user to enable/move the position of the x, y, z arrows on screen.Again, it doesn't produce a nice image, so typically you will uncheck this option. Display > Depth Cueing - Enables a "fog" that makes parts of the molecule further away from the camera appear washed out or darker.Orthographic instead renders the molecule as if it were something small enough to sit on your desk. With perspective enabled (as it must be if a stage is turned on) the viewer sees the molecule as if it were some ginormous thing that would fade to a single point in the distance. Display > Perspective vs Orthographic - This radial button defaults to perspective, but orthographic provides a better image overall.The coordinates of a loaded PDB file will count as a frame 0, so remember this if you load an additional trajectory file and need to extract data from a specific frame in that file or reference that frame later on.įor most simulation images there are a couple of changes to the default VMD display settings that yield a better looking image.
Cancel vmd movie movie#
Please note that movie trajectories start at frame 0.
Cancel vmd movie series#
Multiple trajectory files can be loaded in series to produce a longer movie.
