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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 25 2009 - 15:05:30 CST

Hi,
  If anyone has specifications for this non-readable GRID output
variant, I can probably update the VMD GRID plugin to be able to support it.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 07:22:47PM +0100, Björn Windshügel wrote:
> Hi Sergey,
>
> probably you have selected the ''obtain readable GRIDKONT'' option in GRID
> before launching the program. The resulting kont-file cannot be read by VMD.
> Just selecting '' export GRIDKONT'' should work.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Björn
>
>
> > Dear VMDs,
> >
> > I've been trying to use VMD (1.8.7) for GRID program output .kont files
> > visualization. However, I always get "Unable to load molecule". In
> > this case I chose the file type as "GRID, UHBD Binary Potential Map". I
> > tried also to use other formats of the same potential maps: Insight grid
> > (.grd) and Sybyl contour (.cnt) and still I face the same problem.
> >
> > Interestingly, several years ago I tried to visualize GRID results with
> > VMD and it worked without problem. Did GRID output format changed since
> > it turned to be commercial or do I do something wrong?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help in advance!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Sergey
>
>
>
> --
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>
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> University of Hamburg
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>
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