[Chimera-users] netCDF trajectories?

[Eric Pettersen]

On Nov 21, 2004, at 1:09 PM, John R. Frank wrote:

> Tom and other users,
>
> Based on this posting, I deduce that Chimera's Movie capability cannot 
> yet
> display netCDF trajectories:
> http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2004-June/000171.html
>
> MMTK generates netCDF trajectories.  Can you recommend any 
> already-built
> tools for converting them to multi-model PDBs?  Or, perhaps you can 
> direct
> me to the parts of Chimera where I could help add netCDF trajectory
> support?

Hi John,
	Your deduction is correct.  DCD support is in there but not netCDF.  
Given MMTK's fairly clean layout of its trajectory info, I think it 
would be faster for me to add the support than guiding you in adding 
it.  Just FYI, it's not reasonably straightforward to add a new format 
and outside people have done it, but in this particular case I should 
just do it (unless you anticipate wanting yet more formats, in which 
case I _should_ show you how).
	What I would definitely need is an example trajectory or two.  Can you 
provide such?

                         Eric Pettersen
                         UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
                         pett at cgl.ucsf.edu
                         http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu