[gmx-users] Giving an initial velocity to a group of atoms

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/2/15 12:27 PM, Jashimuddin Ashraf wrote:
> Dear Gromacs users,
>
> I was wondering if it is possible to give an initial velocity to any group
> of atoms in GROMACS? I went through the manual but could not find any
> suitable solution to it. Is the parameters related to "Velocity generation"
> in the .mdp file somehow related to this?
>

No, those options are only for specifying whether or not random velocities 
should be generated.

Velocities are read from .trr, .cpt, or .gro files.  Writing the desired 
velocities in the .gro is likely the easiest approach.

-Justin

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