Dear Experts,

How do I write a netcdf file with VMD from a netcdf/dcd trajectory file?

It seems that VMD can read a netcdf file but cannot write it, as follows:

Info) Using plugin netcdf for coordinates from file /data1/Prathit/APP/OnlyAPP/AlphaFold2/770_res/Charmm-Gui_Dimer-units/E1-E1_3189357573/windows/smd.10_image.nc

Info) Coordinate I/O rate 139.6 frames/sec, 470 MB/sec, 3.6 sec

Info) Finished with coordinate file /data1/Prathit/APP/OnlyAPP/AlphaFold2/770_res/Charmm-Gui_Dimer-units/E1-E1_3189357573/windows/smd.10_image.nc.

1

vmd >

vmd > molinfo top get numframes

500

vmd > set nf [expr {[molinfo top get numframes]-1}]

499

vmd > set all [atomselect top all]

atomselect1

vmd > animate write dcd try.dcd beg 0 end $nf waitfor all sel $all

Info) Opened coordinate file try.dcd for writing.

Info) Finished with coordinate file try.dcd.

500

vmd >

vmd > animate write netcdf try.nc beg 0 end $nf waitfor all sel $all

ERROR) Unable to open file try.nc of type netcdf for writing frames.

vmd >

vmd > animate write netcdf try.nc type netcdf beg 0 end $nf waitfor all sel $all (basically it did not write an .nc file, unlike the generated .dcd file above)

vmd > ls

Any comments regarding the same will be deeply appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Prathit Chatterjee

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