[gmx-users] Pull Code problems

Berk Hess gmx3 at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 13 16:32:32 CET 2009


Hi,

pullx.xvg has the coordinates of group 0 and the distances
of the other groups to group 0.

pullf.xvg has the force of the umbrella potential
which works along the direction vector you gave,
this can be positive or negative depending on the direction.

Berk

> Subject: RE: [gmx-users] Pull Code problems
> From: genesup at gmail.com
> To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:02:47 +0300
> 
> OK, 
> I did some homework and now I`m up to this:
> 
> ;-----------PULL CODE ---------------------
> 
> pull    =       umbrella
> pull_geometry   = direction
> pull_group0     = r_500
> pull_group1     = r_535
> pull_vec1       = -1.306 1.355 -0.319
> pull_k1         = 1000
> pull_rate1      = 0.5 ; nm/ps Extreme parameters for extreme pulling
> 
> Now I have two output files - pullx.xvg (-px option of mdrun) and
> pullf.xvg (-pf option).
> 
> pullx :
> 
> @    title "Pull COM"
> @    xaxis  label "Time (ps)"
> @    yaxis  label "Position (nm)"
> @TYPE xy
> @ view 0.15, 0.15, 0.75, 0.85
> @ legend on
> @ legend box on
> @ legend loctype view
> @ legend 0.78, 0.8
> @ legend length 2
> @ s0 legend "0 X"
> @ s1 legend "0 Y"
> @ s2 legend "0 Z"
> @ s3 legend "1 dX"
> @ s4 legend "1 dY"
> @ s5 legend "1 dZ"
> 0.000000        3.899593        5.816368        3.246447
> -0.285972       -0.132647       -0.183023
> 0.040000        3.901163        5.812132        3.238992
> -0.292108       -0.141616       -0.180796
> 0.080000        3.902505        5.806212        3.240236
> -0.314770       -0.143951       -0.186194
> 0.120000        3.905365        5.797938        3.242384
> -0.336802       -0.142276       -0.197704
> 0.160000        3.908899        5.794812        3.230687
> -0.342824       -0.160593       -0.178745
> 0.200000        3.910108        5.797564        3.220754
> -0.340151       -0.161146       -0.152076
> 
> Am I correct about XYZ being position of the spring and dx dy dz -
> group0-group1 distances?
> 
> pullf :
> 
> @    title "Pull force"
> @    xaxis  label "Time (ps)"
> @    yaxis  label "Force (kJ/mol/nm)"
> @TYPE xy
> 0.000000                -132.088161
> 0.004000                -128.605515
> 0.008000                -125.008520
> 0.012000                -121.568624
> 0.016000                -118.475655
> 0.020000                -115.844403
> 0.024000                -113.735184
> 0.028000                -112.165522
> 0.032000                -111.066433
> .....			.......
> 1.232000                409.573773
> 1.236000                412.738957
> 1.240000                415.736038
> 1.244000                418.446270
> 1.248000                420.781766
> 1.252000                422.747570
> 1.256000                424.505472
> 1.260000                426.348269
> 1.264000                428.568933
> 1.268000                431.301610
> 1.272000                434.467394
> 
> Why does it start with negative values? Should I use negative value for
> pull_k1 (force constant)?
> 
> Thank you for your answers, I appreciate your time.
> 
> SDA
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 12:41 +0100, Berk Hess wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > You don't indicate which xvg file was 0, I guess pullf.xvg.
> > Could it be that you did not specify a force constant, meaning fc=0?
> > 
> > Berk
> > 
> > > From: genesup at gmail.com
> > > To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
> > > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:26:47 +0300
> > > Subject: [gmx-users] Pull Code problems
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I am trying to run a pulling simulation with gromacs 4.0.2.
> > > 
> > > I have appended the following pull code to the mdp file:
> > > 
> > > ;-----------PULL CODE ---------------------
> > > 
> > > pull = umbrella
> > > pull_geometry = direction
> > > pull_group0 = r_500
> > > pull_group1 = r_535
> > > pull_vec1 = -1.306 1.355 -0.319
> > > 
> > > Where r_500 is the group I am expecting to be pulled,
> > > r_535 - the reference (the acid that is in fact in contact with
> > > r_500)
> > > 
> > > I have left all remaining parameters with default values. 
> > > 
> > > The problem is that NOTHING HAPPENED! XVG file had 0.0000 throughout
> > > simulation indicating that distance between pull group and reference
> > > group was 0! 
> > > 
> > > 1/ What did I do wrong?
> > > 2/ Is there any pull code tutorial for gromacs 4 (not previous
> > > version)? 
> > > 
> > > Thank you!
> > > SDA
> > > 
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