[gmx-users] merging simulation boxes

[Justin A. Lemkul]

Paymon Pirzadeh wrote:
> I have a box of crystal (from another simulation) and a box of solvated
> protein. Now I want to put the protein close to my crystal.
> 

Use editconf to define a box for your new system, use -center on each component 
as appropriate, and cat the two .gro files together (removing the duplicate box 
info, etc that will be placed in the middle of the new file).

-Justin

> Payman
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> On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 09:04 +1000, Mark Abraham wrote:
>> Paymon Pirzadeh wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> Are there any links on how we can merge two simulation boxes to make a
>>> single configuration? What technicalities should be considered?
>> Define "merge". There's a whole pile of issues depending what you mean.
>>
>> Why can't you build initial coordinates up from scratch, rather than 
>> "merge" some pre-existing sets?
>>
>> Mark
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ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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