Re: [Jmol-users] Selecting based on atom coordinates

[Rolf H. <rh...@fl...>]

On 08/30/2012 03:56 PM, Sridhar Neelamraju wrote:
> Dear jmol-users,
> I am working with a set of .xyz files. Was wondering if there is a way to
> select atoms based on the x,y and z-coordinates only. Something like
>
> select zcoordinate > 0.0 ;
> select zcoordinate < 5.0
>
> This way, I could select a set of slabs or cut a sphere within the system.
>
Yes, you can do it like this:
select atomZ > 0.0 and atomZ < 5.0

Look at the Jmool scripting documentation
(http://www.imb-jena.de/ImgLibPDB/Jena3D/doc/jmol_scripting/index.htm#atomexpressions) 
for advanced selection options.

Regards,
Rolf


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