Bugs item #831811, was opened at 2003-10-28 18:00
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Category: File Input/Output
Group: v8
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Out of Date
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Richard P. Muller (rpmuller)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: CML input of crystals misses some atom images
Initial Comment:
In v8, when inputting a <crystal> record from a CML
file, not all of the periodic images of atoms on the
unit cell boundaries are included. This problem only
occurs when using the unit cell lengths A, B, C and
angles alpha, beta, and gamma to specify the unit
cell, NOT when using a 3x3 floatArray to specify the
unit cell.
The difference can be seen by contrasting these two
structures.
This one has all of the proper periodic images:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<cml title="crystal example">
<molecule id="Si">
<string title="COMMENT"></string>
<crystal>
<floatArray convention="PMP" title="a" >5.100 0
0</floatArray>
<floatArray convention="PMP" title="b" >0 5.100
0</floatArray>
<floatArray convention="PMP" title="c" >0 0
5.100</floatArray>
</crystal>
<atomArray>
<atom id="Si1" elementType="Si" x3="0.0" y3="0.0"
z3="0.0"/>
<atom id="Si2" elementType="Si" x3="2.55"
y3="2.55" z3="0.0"/>
<atom id="Si3" elementType="Si" x3="2.55"
y3="0.0" z3="2.55"/>
<atom id="Si4" elementType="Si" x3="0.0"
y3="2.55" z3="2.55"/>
<atom id="Si5" elementType="Si" x3="1.275"
y3="1.275" z3="1.275"/>
<atom id="Si6" elementType="Si" x3="1.275"
y3="3.825" z3="3.825"/>
<atom id="Si7" elementType="Si" x3="3.825"
y3="1.275" z3="3.825"/>
<atom id="Si8" elementType="Si" x3="3.825"
y3="3.825" z3="1.275"/>
</atomArray>
</molecule>
</cml>
Whereas the one which uses the unit cell lengths A,
B, C and angles alpha, beta, gamma does not have the
proper images:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<cml title="crystal example">
<molecule id="Si">
<string title="COMMENT"></string>
<crystal>
<scalar title="a">5.1</scalar>
<scalar title="b">5.1</scalar>
<scalar title="c">5.1</scalar>
<scalar title="alpha">90</scalar>
<scalar title="beta">90</scalar>
<scalar title="gamma">90</scalar>
</crystal>
<atomArray>
<atom id="Si1" elementType="Si" x3="0.0" y3="0.0"
z3="0.0"/>
<atom id="Si2" elementType="Si" x3="2.55"
y3="2.55" z3="0.0"/>
<atom id="Si3" elementType="Si" x3="2.55"
y3="0.0" z3="2.55"/>
<atom id="Si4" elementType="Si" x3="0.0"
y3="2.55" z3="2.55"/>
<atom id="Si5" elementType="Si" x3="1.275"
y3="1.275" z3="1.275"/>
<atom id="Si6" elementType="Si" x3="1.275"
y3="3.825" z3="3.825"/>
<atom id="Si7" elementType="Si" x3="3.825"
y3="1.275" z3="3.825"/>
<atom id="Si8" elementType="Si" x3="3.825"
y3="3.825" z3="1.275"/>
</atomArray>
</molecule>
</cml>
It could be that there is some truncation error when
converting a,b,c,alpha,beta,gamma to the 3x3 matrix
that results in some of these images being lost.
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Comment By: Egon Willighagen (egonw)
Date: 2003-10-28 20:40
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I've just tested them, and the problem indeed seems to be
truncation errors. The code checks whether something is in the
unit box... 1x1x1 by default. And it by rounding errors on atoms
on edges, they might just fall outside... If you make the box
bigger the reappear... I'll try to make the check it little more
reasonable by setting the error marge for 'unit cell border' atoms
to 0.001 angstrom... which is large enough compared with
rounding errors. If it works, I'll close this bug later this week,
otherwise I'll comment in this one again...
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