[Open Babel] Default force field option for --gen3d

2019-09-22 Thread Geoffrey Hutchison
While it's possible to change the force field with the -gen3d option, most people don't. I think for 3.0 it might be nice to: - Use MMFF94s (i.e., the one with planar aromatic nitrogens) - Use a default dielectric constant of ~4.0 In my testing #1 helps a bit - and #2 at least doesn't hurt when

Re: [Open Babel] [OpenBabel-Devel] Default force field option for --gen3d

2019-09-22 Thread Stefano Forli
I agree with the new MMFF95s default, most of our common cases are modeled well with planar aromatic nitrogens. About the dielectric, I don't have strong opinions. Depending on the scenario, I would consider either vacuo (1) or water (80) to be good choices, but 4 is a 'close enough