Hi Prof. Lindahl, <div><br></div><div>Thanks for your reply.</div><div><br></div><div>If user table is used e.g. coulombtype=PME-user and vdwtype=user, I think that the only difference </div><div>of geometric (comb-rule=1) and arithmetic (comb-rule=2) average of sigma that can't be eliminated </div><div>by editing the value in force field.</div><div><br></div><div>comb-rule=1 matches GROMOS force field which is deprecated for its physically incorrect scheme.</div><div>comb-rule=2 matches AMBER and CHARMM force fields which I want to use in the a compatible comb-rule</div><div>under circumstances of user table.</div><div><br></div><div>As you suggested, I indeed have copied and modified AMBER and CHARMM ff with a new name :), but in </div><div>comb-rule=1 for user specified nb potentials between groups. This is why I'm asking for a comb-rule=2</div><div>support.</div><div><br></div><div>By the way, I notice that forcetable in Verlet scheme has been under development. I'm excited about</div><div>it and hope it can move to GPU in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Yu<br><br><blockquote name="replyContent" class="ReferenceQuote" style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#b6b6b6 2px solid;margin-right:0">-----Original Messages-----<br>
<b>From:</b><span id="rc_from">"Erik Lindahl" <erik.lindahl@gmail.com></span><br>
<b>Sent Time:</b><span id="rc_senttime">2019-11-30 17:08:41 (Saturday)</span><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gmx-developers] comb-rule=2 support for forcetable<br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Yu,<div><br></div><div>That won't really require any changes in the code.</div><div><br></div><div>First, the reason we can't "support" it is that force field Lennard-Jones parameters have been determined for a specific set of combination rules and cutoffs, and when you change the combination rules you will change the result of the simulation. How good or bad that is depends on what you are doing, but it's something you'd have to determine and be ready to defend when publishing.</div><div><br></div><div>Having said that, if you absolutely want to change the setting for a particular force field, you can just edit the value in the force field file. I would strongly advise making a copy of the entire force field directory and changing its name to reflect this, so you don't forget and have an altered installed version of the force field ruin other simulations later.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Erik</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 3:11 AM Du, Yu <<a href="mailto:duyu@sioc.ac.cn" target="_blank">duyu@sioc.ac.cn</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear GMX Developers, <div><br></div><div>The force table function (src/gromacs/tables/) in GROMACS is a magic, it helps to achieve a lot of work.</div><div>Could you please support it in comb-rule=2 for AMBER and CHARMM FF? </div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely, </div><div>Yu</div>-- <br>
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