[gmx-users] Calculating Distance

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/16/16 3:20 AM, Sanket Ghawali wrote:
> Dear, gmx-users,
>
> Hello everyone,
> I'm simulating a peptide in an SDS micelle. The simulation was
> performed for 100ns
> When I visualize the trajectory in VMD, the peptide moves to the SDS
> interface where initially it was placed in the center,  the results
> are as expected. I would like to calculate the distance the peptide
> has traveled or moved from the center to the interface
>
>
> Any suggestions on how to go about doing this?
>

Calculating distances is what the gmx distance program is for.  Simply obtain 
the COM distance between the micelle and peptide (or any subset of atoms that 
makes sense).

-Justin

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