[gmx-users] Regarding reading .gro file in python

[Justin Lemkul]

On 4/27/17 2:22 PM, Dilip H N wrote:
> Thank you Oliver Beckstein Sir, Dawid das Sir,
>
> My questions are..
>
> 1] I got the initial configuration of a molecule in .pdb format and thn i
> gave the command
> gmx editconf -f .pdb -o box.gro -c -box x y z
> what happens in the background when this command is given..?? (the C++
> program runs in which gromacs is written)
> so what is the logic in tht program..??
> 2] and i have a initial .gro file and thn i want to insert more number of
> molecules of tht to a box created i give the command
> gmx insert-molecules -f .box.gro -ci ab.gro -nmol x -o abc.gro
> so in the above command the molecules tht i want to insert gets inserted in
> the empty spaces of the box...How is this defined in the program (such tht
> the molecules should be inserted into the empty spaces only)..??

The answers to (1) and (2) can be found simply by reading the source code.  In 
(1), it's a simple translation of the coordinates so that they're centered in 
the new box.

> 3] Yes,I want create an automatic tool in Python which sets up calculations
> for me  and possibly runs them...
> So that this Python script calls pdb2gmx, editconf, etc..
>

In its simplest form, that's just a bunch of system calls within the Python 
script.  You can easily do this as a normal shell script without even having to 
invoke Python at all.

-Justin

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