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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 01 2006 - 07:29:44 CDT

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Adrian Koh wrote:

AK> Hi,
AK>
AK> How do I download the color scale bar plugin? There didn't seemed to
AK> contain any links or automatic download features in the webpage :).

that plugin is bundled with recent version of VMD.
you can download the underlying script from:

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/script_library/scripts/colorscalebar/

axel.

AK>
AK> Thanks.
AK>
AK>
AK> Adrian.
AK>
AK>
AK>
AK>
AK> Peter Freddolino wrote:
AK> > Hi Adrian,
AK> > a version of "Pos" coloring that behaves as you have described is
AK> > currently in the planning stages and should be included with a future
AK> > release, but isn't currently available. If you'd like to have this
AK> > coloring now, you should probably figure out what you want your
AK> > coloring function to be and map it to the beta field (let me know if
AK> > this doesn't make sense).
AK> >
AK> > As far as color bands, please check out the color scale bar plugin
AK> > (http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/colorscalebar/) and
AK> > remember that you can tweak the color scale data range under the
AK> > Trajectory tab of the graphical reps menu.
AK> >
AK> > Best,
AK> > Peter
AK> >
AK> > Adrian Koh wrote:
AK> >> Hi,
AK> >>
AK> >> Would it be possible to twitch the definition of existing coloring
AK> >> methods? For instance, the "Pos" is based on the distance of each
AK> >> atom to the center of the molecule. Say, if I have a molecular
AK> >> structure that takes on a cylindrical shape, could I define an
AK> >> alternative "Pos" based on the distance of each atom to the central
AK> >> axis instead?
AK> >>
AK> >> Also, would it be possible to display a legend for the color bands
AK> >> used for "Pos", so that one could know the specific magnitude of the
AK> >> distance the color represents?
AK> >>
AK> >> Thank you very much.
AK> >>
AK> >>
AK> >> Best Regards,
AK> >> Adrian.
AK> >>
AK> >>
AK> >>
AK>
AK>
AK> 

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