[gmx-developers] Regarding commit Implementation of WAXS/SAXS refinement in MD!

David van der Spoel spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
Mon Aug 25 13:08:36 CEST 2014


On 2014-08-25 11:56, Anjaiah Nalaparaju wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 1. In the previous code to compute structure factors (sfactor.c) there
> is a loop
> /*
>   * The big loop...
>   * compute real and imaginary part of the structure factor for every
>   * (kx,ky,kz))
>   */
> /*
>   *  compute the square modulus of the structure factor, averaging on
> the surface
>   *  kx*kx + ky*ky + kz*kz = krr*krr
>   *  note that this is correct only for a (on the macroscopic scale)
>   *  isotropic system.
>   */
> This loop is no more in the new code "scattering_factors.cpp". May I
> know why this loop is used in the previous code. Is this to introduce
> orientational averaging?

Note that there is no relation between the previous code and the new 
one, that is the new code is derived from scratch.

>
> 2. I think sfactor.xml (input file for gmx waxsdebye) is still in the
> development stage?
Formally yes, we will implement some tests now to validate it.

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 4:09 PM, David van der Spoel
> <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se <mailto:spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>> wrote:
>
>     On 2014-08-22 09:45, Anjaiah Nalaparaju wrote:
>
>         Thank you very much for the response. I did the following.
>
>         1. git clone git://git.gromacs.org/gromacs.__git
>         <http://git.gromacs.org/gromacs.git>
>         <http://git.gromacs.org/__gromacs.git
>         <http://git.gromacs.org/gromacs.git>> (to download the master
>         branch)
>
>
>         2. git fetch https://gerrit.gromacs.org/__gromacs
>         <https://gerrit.gromacs.org/gromacs> refs/changes/59/2659/84
>         && git format-patch -1 --stdout FETCH_HEAD (to apply patch to
>         the source
>         code)
>
>         3. mkdir build and under the build folder $cmake .. -DGMX_MPI=ON
>         -DGMX_GPU=OFF -DGMX_BUILD_OWN_FFTW=ON -DGMX_DEFAULT_SUFFIX=OFF
>         -DGMX_BINARY_SUFFIX=_mpi -DGMX_LIBS_SUFFIX=_mpi
>
>         4. Once the installation completed, under the bin folder I see
>         all the
>         tools same as before and didn't see any new tool related to
>         waxsdebye.
>         Version shows VERSION 5.1-dev-20140821-d9c0e41.
>
>         May I know what is the name of new tool for WAXS/SAXS calculation.
>
>     gmx help commands
>     should show the command to be
>     gmx waxsdebye
>
>         Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>         On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 1:51 PM, David van der Spoel
>         <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se <mailto:spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>
>         <mailto:spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se <mailto:spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>>> wrote:
>
>              On 2014-08-22 05:38, Anjaiah Nalaparaju wrote:
>
>                  Dear Dr. David van der Spoel,
>
>                  I am interested in the module you have been developing for
>                  WAXS/SAXS. I
>                  was introduced to this patch by Dr.Alexey Shvestov. I
>         have two
>                  queries
>                  related to the this module and I have been suggested to
>         contact
>                  you to
>                  get the accurate information on my queries.
>
>                  1. I have downloaded the latest code (patch 83), if I
>         install
>                  this copy
>                  I still didn't get the gmx waxsdebye or g_waxdebye tool
>         to use
>                  under bin
>                  folder. Could you please guide me how can we try and
>         test this
>                  tool now.
>
>              You download the latest master branch, then apply the patch
>         to the
>              source code, by copying the link on the gerrit web site and
>         rebuild
>              and install. This works for us. We are still doing a bit of
>              development but it is almost finished.
>
>
>
>                  2. I am just curious to know why the same approach as
>         g_sans has not
>                  been used in this module. I mean working in the real
>         space was
>                  not chosen.
>
>              In fact I don't know, Alexey has suggested the approaches are
>              similar but I have not looked into it I must admit.
>
>
>                  Thanks in advance for your time and help. Sorry for
>         sending mail
>                  to your
>                  personal email id.I have posted part of my queries in
>                  gmxdevelopers list
>                  but didnt get response.
>
>              Sorry about that, but let's move the discussion back to the
>              developers list so that others can join in as well. Please post
>              further questions there in other words.
>
>
>                  Best regards,
>                  Anjaiah
>
>
>
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Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University.
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