<div><div><br>Hi Jones, <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span class="q"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm not sure what you mean with "shape" and "that integer". There's
<br>nothing much redundant in the .xtc file and there are no integers<br>having to do with box shape. In fact, there is no "shape"...</blockquote></span><div><br>Well, by "shape" I meant "cubic" and "truncated octahedral", for example. But the integer was my mistake (old dlpoly adaptions that just came to my mind, together with the first integer in the header of all xdrf files and that I could not find a proper meaning at time), thought for a moment that the first integer in the .xtc header mean the "shape of the box". Just played a bit later with the manual and recorded that it's only the 9 box parameters that are important to define that within gromacs. Sorry for that mistake.
<br></div></div><br></blockquote></div><br>I was sort of afraid you meant that. That's why I mentioned in my first mail that there is no "shape". Cuboid or truncated octahedron (generalized) or rhombic dodecahedron (generalized) are merely different representations of the inifinite simulation system. The only thing you have there are the nine numbers of the vectors defining the lattice. These are most naturally represented by a triclinic box, but any periodic shape is possible, but only useful for viewing purposes. Everything else is easier with three vectors...
<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Tsjerk<br>-- <br>Tsjerk A. Wassenaar, Ph.D.<br>Junior UD (post-doc)<br>Biomolecular NMR, Bijvoet Center<br>Utrecht University<br>Padualaan 8 <br>3584 CH Utrecht<br>The Netherlands<br>P: +31-30-2539931
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