[gmx-users] refcoord-scaling

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/24/14, 8:29 PM, Chetan Mahajan wrote:
> Thanks, Mark. So is 'all' option okay when positions of each of the atoms
> of TiO2 crystal (2160 atoms total) are restrained in space? Apparently, it
> does not seem correct, since positions of the atoms of TiO2 crystal change
> when 'all' option is applied. However, it does not give error as 'com'
> option does.
>

Is your system just a TiO2 crystal?  Is there any solvent?  If it's just a 
crystal, I see no point in restraining anything.  It is very unusual that the 
"all" option of refcoord-scaling is more stable than "com" - normally the 
opposite is true.  But that also explains why the coordinates are changing - the 
reference position of each individual atom is scaled according to the pressure 
coupling matrix, so the atoms are restrained to a dynamic reference, so it seems 
that it's not really accomplishing anything.

-Justin

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