[Chimera-users] writing a trajectory to multiple pdbs

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Dan,
You're right, currently the "save PDB" dialog and "write" commands,  
although they do have trajectory-specific options, can only save all  
the loaded frames into a single file.

The workaround is to first write the loaded frames of the trajectory  
as a single, multi-MODEL file, then read that file back in as a  
regular PDB file (instead of as a trajectory).  Then the frames will  
be loaded as multiple models and you can avail yourself of the multi- 
model option in the "save PDB" dialog for saving multiple files.

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

On Feb 16, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Dan Gurnon wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> How would one write a trajectory read into MD Movie to a series of  
> pdb files instead of one large file? I don't see a suitable option  
> specified for the "write" command, and for "Save PDB" it seems the  
> option of multiple files is only available when multiple models are  
> selected.
> Dan