I am fairly new to opendx and I am having some trouble getting things working correctly. I am running the linux 6.1 binary distribution.
1) when I select "help" / "Table of Contents" I get a help window that says help is not currently available for this topic I have directory that I believe has the help files but I don't know how to get it connected. <bowser 81 ~/Util/OpenDX/dx-4.0.9/help>pwd /home/dugan/Util/OpenDX/dx-4.0.9/help <bowser 82 ~/Util/OpenDX/dx-4.0.9/help>ls |wc 1309 1309 12092 Similar problems exist with data paths. I need to start dx in the tutorial/data directory for the example1.net to find the watermolecule.dx data file. Error message says the file is not found in the current directory or the "DXDATA path". How do I set the help and data search paths? 2) The second problem is regular server diconnections. I would probably be able to solve this If I could read the help file and understand why there is a server at all in a visulaization package (?). While executing any one ofthe many samples, I often (not always) get a modal message window that says "Connection to server has been broken" I can reconnect, and it then helps to reset the connection. the broken connection message occurs about 3/4 of the timesI push execute, and less rfequetly if I push the reset server. What is causing the broken connection to server message and how do I fix it? 3) My last question relates to applications. I would like to use opendx to view molecular structures and animations of moving molecules. In earching the archives (manually), I have found referece to Richard Gililan chemistry modules and a makefile and something called an .mdf. I would particularly like something that can read a simple ascii file format called xmol format. Does anyone know about chemstry modules for opendx? Thanks in advance for any help people can provide! Jon Dugan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
