When I try those files, this looks better to me:
load "m.castep" {3 3 1}
isosurface s1 resolution 10 sasurface 1.4 map "m.pot" translucent
Isn't that more what you are looking for?
Not sure of the additional parameters you are adding there.
Bob
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Otello Maria Roscioni <
otellomaria.rosci...@unibo.it> wrote:
> I would like to visualize the electrostatic potential above a
> crystalline surface. I have carried out a single-point calculation at
> the plane-wave/DFT level of theory with the program CASTEP, asking to
> save the formatted electrostatic potential in a separate file (with the
> option "write_formatted_potential true").
>
> In order to map the electrostatic potential on the solvent accessible
> surface -with periodic boundary conditions applied- I use the following
> commands:
>
> $ load "molybdenite_001_01.castep" {3 3 1}; restrict cell=665; unitcell
> {1 1 1/2}
> $ isosurface 1 resolution 10 sasurface 1.4 map "molybdenite_001_01.pot_fmt"
>
> However, the resulting top and bottom surfaces are not symmetrical as I
> would expect. Furthermore, the electrostatic potential does not seem to
> have been computed with the correct PBC. Is there something I miss in
> the syntax?
>
> Thank you very much for the help!
> Otello
>
> PS files to reproduce my test are here:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4235054/surf_example.zip
>
> --
> Otello M. Roscioni
> Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari"
> Università di Bologna
> Viale Risorgimento 4
> 40136 Bologna, Italy
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