Version

VMD version 1.8.7 has been installed into hippu.csc.fi, murska.csc.fi and vuori.csc.fi.

Description

VMD (Visual Molecular Dynamics) is an academic program for biomolecular visualization and modeling. The software is developed and distributed by the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at the Beckman Institute of the University of Illinois.

Usage

The molecular visualization tools of VMD are based on OpenGL graphics. This means that to be able to fully use VMD, remotely from CSC or in local machine, the user's machine must have OpenGL enabled in it.

You can install VMD locally to a Unix, Linux, MacOS-X or Windows computer. If you wish to use VMD installed in Hippu, Murska or Vuori, open first an X-term connection from CSC to your screen. After this you can start VMD with commands:

module load vmd
vmd

Hippu has a powerful graphics card and can render fancy illustrations for journal covers...

In Murska you can start the program in the interactive queue with commands:

module load vmd
bsub -I vmd

module load vmd
salloc -n 1 srun vmd

Manuals

• VMD manual

More info about the software

• VMD home page.

Reference

Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., "VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics", J. Molec. Graphics, 1996, vol. 14, pp. 33-38.

More about citing VMD e.g. BibTex-entry etc. (html)