VMD

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VMD is designed for the visualization and analysis of biological systems such as proteins, nucleic acids, lipid bilayer assemblies, etc. It may be used to view more general molecules, as VMD can read standard Protein Data Bank (PDB) files and display the contained structure. VMD provides a wide variety of methods for rendering and coloring a molecule: simple points and lines, CPK spheres and cylinders, licorice bonds, backbone tubes and ribbons, cartoon drawings, and others. VMD can be used to animate and analyze the trajectory of a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. In particular, VMD can act as a graphical front end for an external MD program by displaying and animating a molecule undergoing simulation on a remote computer.


How Install VMD in your Desktop PC

LINUX
VMD 1.8.6. for LINUX OpenGL (Linux (Redhat 9 or later) with Mesa or hardware OpenGL)


WINDOWS 
VMD 1.8.6. for Windows OpenGL (Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32-bit) using OpenGL)

Create Movies with VMD

Links

Visual Molecular Dynamics Website