Hi,
If you were desperate for BRUTE, I could probably dig out the source code.
My somewhat newer program BEAST also does a brute-force search, and you
could get that by downloading an older version of CCP4 or, again, directly
from me.
Our new program Phaser also has brute-force rotation and translation search
options, in addition to the faster FFT-based searches. If you wanted to do
a full 6D brute-force search for a molecule, you'd have to use some tricks,
but it would be possible.
However, the reason we suggested to CCP4 that they should deprecate BEAST
is that we haven't found a case where doing a brute-force search solves a
structure that can't be solved faster with Phaser using the fast search
methods. (If anyone has such a case, we'd be delighted to learn what it has
to teach us!)
Is there a particular reason you'd like to try a brute-force search?
Regards,
Randy Read
On Jan 24 2009, Xie Jiabao wrote:
Dear all,
From where can I download the molecular replacement program BRUTE? What
are the other brute force programs for molecular replacement out there?
Thanks in advance,
Xie
