[gmx-users] grompp erros

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/2/14, 5:39 AM, Linlin Sun wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> In order to build a virtual site which is independent from other structure,
> I have created a new atom type and set the mass of this new atom type to
> zero. However, when I use* grompp*, it failed with fatal errors, which
> complain about the zero mass of the new atom type.
>
> Anyone could possibly know how to get around this problem? Any suggestions
> would be helpful. Thanks very much!
>

If you've declared it as an atom (particle type "A"), then that's probably why 
you're getting this error.  Virtual site types are particle type "V" in 
ffnonbonded.itp.  I guess the larger point is - why have a virtual site that is 
not dependent upon any other elements of the structure?

-Justin

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