CCMS Software -- Flex

Flex

Flex is a simple, portable molecular graphics program
that interactively displays 3D ball-and-stick models on workstations
running the Xwindows system.  Flex can accept input read from a file
or passed over a network socket connection.  The latter functionality
makes flex ideal for monitoring large-scale simulations as they
progress.  Flex provides a library of subroutines, netg, to support
this function.  There are other (earlier) versions of Flex available
on the net; this one is supported and includes documentation of the
communications library. 

Flex is accompanied by ffe (flex front end), a program that connects
to flex over a socket and allows more precise user control of the
displayed molecule. 

Flex is freely available by anonymous FTP at ftp.sdsc.edu in the
directory /pub/ccms/flex.  The README file in that directory contains 
most if not all of the information you will need.  If you have other 
questions or comments, send e-mail to  ccms-help at sdsc dot edu.