[gmx-users] Unexpected behavior in the output of gmx insert-molecules using the -ip option.

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/29/17 11:11 PM, Abhishek Acharya wrote:
> Dear GROMACS users,
> 
> I want to insert my molecule of interest in a simulation box at specific
> positions, specified by a dat file.
> 
> Now, when I run insert-molecules, I find that on "certain occasions" (yes,
> it doesn't happen always.), the program also inserts the molecule
> at the origin [0 0 0]. It seems that it is appending the input coordinates
> of my molecule, provided with -ci,
> to the final coordinate file, something which should not happen.
> 
> Is this behavior known? Of course, it is trivial to remove the extra
> coordinates, but it becomes an effort if a large number of systems need to
> be
> generated.
> 

Sounds buggy, but without an actual command and set of inputs that reliably 
triggers the behavior, it's hard to track down.  If you can provide that, please 
open a Redmine issue.

-Justin

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