From: Matthew Z. <mc...@gm...> - 2008-08-07 21:33:40
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Dear Eric, Thanks for your quick, thoughtful reply. Sorry for the ambiguity. I meant one copy of Jmol; two datasets displayed side-by-side in a single Jmol. Or rather, two datasets superimposed in the display. My data is in multi-frame XYZ files. Each file is of the same molecule, moving slightly differently through time. Frame number N in file 1 occurs at the same time in the simulation as frame N in file 2. I'd like to see the same frame number from more than one file at once, to compare how the trajectories are evolving in time. Displaying two models using load traj1.xyz load append traj2b.xyz frame all display 1.169,2.169 gives the single-point version of what I'm looking for. I'd like to animate that. My current impression is that when Jmol animates multiple files, it goes like this (excluding the effect of "frame range ..." commands): for each file: for each frame in file: display frame In contrast, I'd like the following (assume the same number of frames in each file): for each frame number (call it nframe): display file1.nframe, file2.nframe, file3.nframe ... Attached are three PNG files showing what I'm after. For the curious, the simulation is of the photodissociation of ethane. Red is from the first file and blue from the second. The molecular fragments begin in coincident locations but begin to drift apart, as each file records motion driven by different forces (specifically, different electronic states). If the attachments don't make it through the mailing list, they are also available at http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mzwier2/frame169.png http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mzwier2/frame269.png http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mzwier2/frame498.png Hope that helps clear things up! Matt Z On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Eric Martz <em...@mi...> wrote: > Dear Matthew, > > Please clarify what you mean by "in parallel". > > Do you mean two Jmol's side by side? > Do you mean two datasets displayed side by side in a single Jmol? > > Is it important that the two animations run in frame-by-frame synchrony? > > Do you want to be able to rotate each animation independently of the > other? Or in (aligned) synchrony? > > If not too much trouble, a snapshot illustrating the layout you > envision might help. > > -Eric |