[gmx-users] create a sphere of water molecules

[Erik Marklund]

Olga Ivchenko skrev 2011-04-13 15.20:
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> Dear Gromacs Users,
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> I want to add a sphere of water molecules around a ligand. I know I 
> need to use -shell option in genbox. But first I I need to create a 
> sphere. Please could you guide me?
>
> best,
> Olga
Just fill the box with water, then run trjorder to sort the solvent 
according to their distance to the ligand. Having done that, you can 
just edit away the bottom part of the sorted gro-file to have your 
ligand in a ball of water.

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