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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 12 2011 - 10:08:49 CST

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 2:37 AM, Bjoern Olausson
<namdlist_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just rendered a scene where I moved some atom labels next to the VDW
> representation so they are visible.
>
> Rendering the scene with POVRAY resets the label positions to their default
> position.
>
> http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/42111605/1/vmd?h=77432b
>
> I tried with Tachyon, but Tachyon seems to be broken on my system, but any
> way, tachyon wouldn't be an option since it cant produce transparent
> background, or can it?
>
>
>
> This is the tachyon error:
>
> Info) Rendering current scene to '/mnt/mrbird/home/blub/binding-site-
> detail.dat' ...
> Info) Tachyon file generation finished
> Info) Executing post-render cmd '"/usr/bin/tachyon" -aasamples 12
> /mnt/mrbird/home/blub/binding-site-detail.dat -format TARGA -o
> /mnt/mrbird/home/blub/binding-site-detail.dat.tga' ...
> Tachyon Parallel/Multiprocessor Ray Tracer   Version 0.98.9
> Copyright 1994-2010,    John E. Stone <john.stone_at_gmail.com>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Parse Error:
>   Encountered a syntax error in file /mnt/mrbird/home/blub/binding-site-
> detail.dat
>   Expected to find TEXFUNC
>   Actually found: R3D
>   Error occured at or prior to file offset 28655232, line 1140658
>   Error position is only approximate, but should be close
>
> Parse Error:
>   Encountered a syntax error in file /mnt/mrbird/home/blub/binding-site-
> detail.dat
>   Expected to find an object or other declaration
>   Actually found: Phong
>   Error occured at or prior to file offset 28655240, line 1140658
>   Error position is only approximate, but should be close
>
> Parser failed due to an input file syntax error.
> Aborting render.
> Info) Rendering complete.
>
> Anny sugestions?

try using the tachyon binary that is
bundled with VMD. this one seems older
and there were some incompatible changes
for VMD 1.9, if i remember correctly.

axel.

> Cheers,
> Bjoern 

-- 
Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
College of Science and Technology
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.