From 90cf1d6fca53cf9c52ce4cc1d2a163195fae9281 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Kohlmeyer Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:25:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] update VMD compatibility info, too. --- doc/src/dump.rst | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/dump.rst b/doc/src/dump.rst index 7242b3d855..4b0f47ec58 100644 --- a/doc/src/dump.rst +++ b/doc/src/dump.rst @@ -250,16 +250,20 @@ the :doc:`dump_modify ` page for details. The *style* keyword determines what kind of data is written to the dump file(s) and in what format. -Note that *atom*, *custom*, *dcd*, *xtc*, and *xyz* style dump files -can be read directly by `VMD `_, -a popular tool for viewing molecular system. +Note that *atom*, *custom*, *dcd*, *xtc*, *xyz*, and *yaml* style dump +files can be read directly by `VMD `_, +a popular tool for visualizing and analyzing trajectories from atomic +and molecular systems. For reading *netcdf* style dump files, the +netcdf plugin needs to be recompiled from source using a NetCDF version +compatible with the one used by LAMMPS. The bundled plugin binary +uses are very old version that is not compatible. Likewise the `OVITO visualization package `_, popular for materials modeling, can read the *atom*, *custom*, *local*, *xtc*, *cfg*, *netcdf*, and *xyz* style atom dump files -directly. WIth version 3.8 and above, OVITO can also read and +directly. With version 3.8 and above, OVITO can also read and visualize *grid* style dump files with grid cell data, including -isosurface images of the grid cell values. +iso-surface images of the grid cell values. Note that settings made via the :doc:`dump_modify ` command can also alter the format of individual values and content of