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From: Chang, Christopher (Christopher_Chang_at_nrel.gov)
Date: Wed Sep 28 2005 - 18:38:29 CDT

Cheri,

   I think you would want to use

atomselect top "within 10 of resname HEM"

The "all" might be confusing the parser.

Chris

Christopher H. Chang, Ph.D.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> [mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] On Behalf Of Turman, Cheri M
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:26 PM
> To: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: vmd-l: visualizing an atomselect
>
> Hi all,
> I have made an atomselect where I am trying to display only
> those residues within 10 A of the heme in my protein using
> this command in Tcl:
> % atomselect top "all within 10 of resname HEM"
>
> However, I am having a problem seeing this selection on the
> display. I have tried many commands in Tcl but never can get
> it to display just those near the heme. It always shows the
> entire protein. Is there a command I am missing? Thanks for
> any advice.
> Cheri
>
>