[gmx-users] Dihedral convention

[Justin Lemkul]

On 4/13/16 2:51 PM, Parvez Mh wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> I would like to  use a harmonic type potential for dihedral. Should i use
> angle value (-180 to 180 ) or (0 to 360) convention. My equilibrium angle
> is -64 degree. then what would be the angle -64 or (-64+360=)296 degree?
>

Unless you're writing your own code for new functions, there is no such thing as 
a harmonic dihedral.  See the manual, Chapter 4, for available functional forms.

-Justin

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