Re: [gmx-users] Gigantic boxes

2017-06-23 Thread Sergio Manzetti
Thanks, that fixed it! 




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From: "Justin Lemkul" <jalem...@vt.edu> 
To: "gmx-users" <gmx-us...@gromacs.org> 
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 3:49:38 PM 
Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Gigantic boxes 

On 6/23/17 6:20 AM, Sergio Manzetti wrote: 
> Hi, I Have prepared a box, which just grows beyond proportions in order to 
> satisfy grompp complaining about the box being less than the double of rlist, 
> so decrease rlist or increase the box. As rlist has to be 8 for AMBER, the 
> box quickly becomes over 14x14x14. When one visualizes it one can see that 
> the molecule is surrounded by at least 5 Å of waters in all directions, so 
> there is plenty of water in the system. Nevertheless, grompp wants even 
> bigger box, and thus more water. 
> 
> Is this common in MD simulations to run megaboxes for molecules that are 
> virtually disappearing in the large water molecule number? 
> 

No, it's not. Make sure you're specifying your cutoffs in nm, not A. 

-Justin 

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Re: [gmx-users] Gigantic boxes

2017-06-23 Thread Justin Lemkul



On 6/23/17 6:20 AM, Sergio Manzetti wrote:

Hi, I Have prepared a box, which just grows beyond proportions in order to 
satisfy grompp complaining about the box being less than the double of rlist, 
so decrease rlist or increase the box. As rlist has to be 8 for AMBER, the box 
quickly becomes over 14x14x14. When one visualizes it one can see that the 
molecule is surrounded by at least 5 Å of waters in all directions, so there is 
plenty of water in the system. Nevertheless, grompp wants even bigger box, and 
thus more water.

Is this common in MD simulations to run megaboxes for molecules that are 
virtually disappearing in the large water molecule number?



No, it's not.  Make sure you're specifying your cutoffs in nm, not A.

-Justin

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Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy
Health Sciences Facility II, Room 629
University of Maryland, Baltimore
20 Penn St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

jalem...@outerbanks.umaryland.edu | (410) 706-7441
http://mackerell.umaryland.edu/~jalemkul

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