Dear all,
I have created numerous dump files for my simulation and now I would like to proceed to an animation, and I have tried to work on this with the lammps xmovie command, into which I incorporated several dump files; however, this does not seem to work, as I keep getting a message saying "xmovie command not found". I seem to have all xmovie components installed, so this should not be the problem.
Also, I have tried to make a movie in VMD, however, when I choose "moviemaker" I do not have any options for which files I would like to incorporate into my simulation and the best I get is a movie of what I see in my vmd window at the time the movie is generated.
Sincerely yours,
Anna
dear anna,
Dear all,
I have created numerous dump files for my simulation and now I would
like to proceed to an animation, and I have tried to work on this with
the lammps xmovie command, into which I incorporated several dump files;
however, this does not seem to work, as I keep getting a message saying
"xmovie command not found". I seem to have all xmovie components
installed, so this should not be the problem.
xmovie is part of the tools collection and needs to be compiled separately.
the error message that you get shows that you have to update your
knowledge on unix/linux a little bit. executables are only "found" if they
have the executable permissions set and are in a directory that is referenced
in $PATH or if you use an absolute or relative path to the executable.
i suggest look this up in one of the many linux beginners tutorials on
the web.
Also, I have tried to make a movie in VMD, however, when I choose
"moviemaker" I do not have any options for which files I would like to
incorporate into my simulation and the best I get is a movie of what I
see in my vmd window at the time the movie is generated.
first off, this would be a question to the VMD list not the LAMMPS list.
again, i have to point out, that you need to go through a bit of learning,
e.g. in with a tutorial before you can use something correctly. to view
an aimation of your MD, you don't need the moviemaker. just use the
animation controls in the VMD main window. the movie maker interface
is a script that automates the generation of animation movie files like
animated GIF images, or MPEG movies. VMD has a _ton_ of documentation
with different levels of details and several tutorials (including one
for movies).
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/docs.html
cheers,
axel.