[gmx-users] box type

[Tsjerk Wassenaar]

Hi Sana,

Yes, but why would you want to? The rhombic dodecahedron is the optimal
one, corresponding to the packing of a sphere. The truncated octahedron has
no specific advantages.

Cheers,

Tsjerk
On Dec 18, 2015 1:40 AM, "Justin Lemkul" <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:

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>
> On 12/17/15 7:25 PM, Sana Saeed wrote:
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>> hi gmx userscan we use truncated octahedron as -bt (box type) in gromacs.
>>
>
> The user manual knows the answer.
>
> -Justin
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