[gmx-users] calculate *all* carbon atom distances over time?

[Justin Lemkul]

On 2/15/16 12:10 PM, Athina Meletiou wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was wondering how I could measure the distance over time between all my
> carbon atoms in my simulation. My molecules have interesting folding patterns
> and I would like to see the distances between the unconnected carbon atoms as
> my molecules fold and unfold through the simulation. My simulations consist
> of single lipid molecules in water.
>
> I have tried using g_dist but it seems that it's not what I'm looking for as
> it calculates distances between groups of atoms rather than individual atoms.

A "group" can be one atom.

> Do you think that gmx distance (Gromacs 5.0) will help me? What concerns me
> is that in the gmx distance reference it states that "gmx distance calculates
> distances between pairs of positions as a function of time" - do the
> positions need to be in pairs, as in always in even numbers?
>

If you're looking at distances between any two atoms, why would this be a concern?

-Justin

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