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VMD

VMD (Visual Molecular Dynamics) is a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting.

  • Version: 1.9.3
  • Machines: All clusters
  • Location: /uufs/chpc.utah.edu/sys/installdir/vmd/std/bin

Information:

To get details of the functionality of VMD visit the website: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/

To Use:

Note that to use VMD on CHPC resources you must be on an interactive node with a graphics card, such as one of the frisco nodes or one of the two general notchpeak interactive nodes. For the best performance use FastX.

To start vmd on these nodes:

module load vmd
vglrun -c proxy vmd &

 

It is also possible to use the VMD Open OnDemand app.

Last Updated: 7/5/23