[gmx-users] RTP file format

[David van der Spoel]

dimka wrote:
> what does the first few lines of rtp file mean?
> this is example from ffcharmm.rtp
> 
> [   bondedtypes   ]
> ;   bonds   angles   dihedrals   impropers   all_dihedrals   nrexcl
> 1   1   3   1   1   3
> 
> I'm especially interested what do the values mean.  As I understand 
> their definitions are above, so bonds =1, angles=1, dihedrals=3, but 
> what this value corresponds to?  I also looked at other rtp and they all 
> have different values for these parameters.
> 
> can anyone can point me to a formal definitions of these file format....
these correspond to the type used in the top file to discirminate
between different fuctional forms of the potential. These are described
in ch. 4 of the manual.

Please don't tinker with these numbers unless you know what you are
doing, in which case you might want to create your own force field
alltogether.

Do also note that the charmm force field is not supported or tested by
the gromacs team
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