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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2008 - 11:41:19 CST

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Thomas C. Bishop wrote:

TB> Is is possible to generate an image of a molecular in vmd without
TB> actually displaying it?
TB>
TB> for example the following does not work but can something similar be
TB> done, like set a different display device?
TB>
TB> vmd -dispdev none -pdb my.pdb
TB> vmd> render snapshot some.tga

you can use:

render TachyonInternal some.tga

axel.

TB> vmd> quit
TB>
TB>
TB> 

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