[gmx-users] octahedron box shape problem

[David van der Spoel]

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, thomas stockner wrote:

>applying a commands like:
>-editconf -f struc.g96 -o box.g96 -d 1.4 -bt octahedron -label A 
>-genbox -cp box.g96 -cs spc216.gro -o h2o.g96 -p struc.top 
>and creating a pdb file for visualizing with rasmol
>-pdb2gmx -f h2o.g96 -o rasmol.pdb
>the box I get is always recangular, independenty which options of editconf I 
>tryed (-bt; -angles; -box). 
>I don't understand, why the output of editconf regarding the box statistic 
>does not correspond to characteristics of the filled water box of the pdb 
>file visualised with rasmol.
>
>I cannot find the error I make. Could anyone help me to generate an 
>octahedron box.
You're not making an error. Gromacs represents the box the way it uses it
in mdrun. Use 
trjconv -ur compact -s topol.tpr -f file.pdb -o filenew.pdb

I will add an option to editconf to do the same thing (that way you won't
need a tpr file).

Having said all this, I can't make it work. Maybe Berk Hess cares to
comment?

Groeten, David.
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