[gmx-users] Polymer in periodic boundary conditions again

[Ester Chiessi]

Hi Anton and all,

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K.A. Feenstra wrote:

>
>
> You might try the following (which is what I intended to say in the
> first place):
> 1) energy minimze your non-inifinte polymer.
> 2) Probably the end points will no longer be 'periodically aligned'
>     at the box edges; correct that by rotation and/or adjusting the
>     size of the box (I expect your molecule to shrink a little).
>     You might have to remove some water (or, throw away your water and
>     use genbox again).
> 3) switch to the 'explicitly connected' (i.e. infinite) topology and
>     energy minimize again.

I followed the instructions.

The log file of the step 3) says:
...........
Removing pbc first time.
There were 2 inconsistent shifts. Check your topology.
Done rmpbc.
...........
The minimization goes on and the final structure seems OK.

I found in the mailing list archive:

http://www.gromacs.org/pipermail/gmx-users/2002-September/002716.html

There the warning 'inconsistent shifts. Check your topology.' was related a some
corruption of the trr file.
What in my case?
I revised my topology and it likes good.

Thanks.

Ester

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Ester Chiessi
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