[gmx-users] Generating initial coordinates and velocities from scratch.

[Justin A. Lemkul]

Lum Ngwagia wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
>        I have been struggling to find a way to supply initial 
> coordinates and initial velocities to a molecule like pentane. I want to 
> add about 2500 molecules of pentane to a box, but all these molecules 
> must have initial positions and velocities. I have used ghemical to draw 
> the molecule and converted it to the pdb format, so I have only 
> coordinates for one molecule.
>        How do I generate initial coordinates and velocities for the 
> other 2499 molecules from scratch? Please, help me out.
> 

Use either genbox or genconf.  To get velocities, set "gen_vel = yes" in the 
.mdp file.

-Justin

> Thank you,
> 
> Lum
> 
> 
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Justin A. Lemkul
Ph.D. Candidate
ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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