Subject: RE: Free software for viewing periodic systems

From: "DeLano, Warren" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:03:53 -0800

Matt, 

   Provided that you can define your system using cell dimensions and
angles (alpha, beta, gamma), then any crystallography package should be
be able to do this for you.  If that you can convert your data into PDB
format and define a CRYST record with the above information, then PyMOL
is a free option...

http://www.pymol.org

The latest release (0.68) contains tons of new features, including
*transparent surfaces*.  Everyone should try PyMOL at least once...

Cheers,
Warren

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Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Challacombe [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:30 AM
> To: ccl
> Subject: CCL:Free software for viewing periodic systems
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> Dear CCLrs,
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> I'm asking your advice for free software that can render 
> systems with non-orthogonal periodic boundary conditions.
> I like gopenmol, but it only does 90,90,90... Can someone
> suggest an alternative?  
> 
> Thx, Matt
> 
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