Visual Molecular Dynamics (VMD) is a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting. For more information, see the VMD home page or its documentation and tutorials.

Use

  • Open an X11 terminal.
  • If VMD is installed locally on your machines (i.e., in the VisLab), type:
vmd
  • Otherwise, from an DSC managed desktop (e.g., hostname is dsksc***.sc.fsu.edu) type:
qlogin -l vmd
  • From all other machines first log in to pamd.sc.fsu.edu
ssh -Y pamd.sc.fsu.edu
  • then type:
qlogin -l vmd
  • This command logs you onto the least loaded GP node. Then type:
vmd
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