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Re: Multiwfn with VMD to plot high quality aim topology map

dummy@example.com (mixedcrown) — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:43:39 +0000

Thank you very much, there was an # key which was not supposed to be in the last line of the vmd.rc file that was causing the problem, when I removed it, the aim command is now working properly.

Re: Multiwfn with VMD to plot high quality aim topology map

dummy@example.com (sobereva) — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:48:27 +0000

This because the code defining "aim" command has not been properly added to the vmd.rc file, hence VMD is unable recognize this customized command.
What operating system are you currently using? If you are using Windows, please carefully follow this video tutorial: https://youtu.be/mgsnhvWH5SI. If you are using Linux version, note that the vmd.rc should be named as ".vmdrc" and put into home folder.

Multiwfn with VMD to plot high quality aim topology map

dummy@example.com (mixedcrown) — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:30:24 +0000

Dear Prof. Tian,

I am trying to follow the procedure you described in section 4.2.5 of the multiwfn manual to prepare high quality aim topology map. Everything seems to work well until I try to activate the vmd.rc script using the aim command in the vmd prompt as instructed. Instead of running, I get an error message that says "invalid command". See below

rayshade http://www-graphics.stanford.edu/~cek/r … shade.html
povray http://www.povray.org/
python http://www.python.org/
plugins http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/
software http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/all … grams.html
tcl http://www.tcl.tk/
tutorial http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/vmd … #tutorials
userguide http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/vmd … ug/ug.html

vmd > plugins
invalid command name "plugins"
vmd > help plugins
Opening http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/ ...
vmd > help scripts
Opening http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/script_library/ ...
vmd > help faq
Opening http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/all … d_faq.html ...
vmd > aim
invalid command name "aim"
vmd > aim
invalid command name "aim"
vmd >

Could you please guide me on what to do to resolve this challenge?

Thank you.