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Hi,<br><br>pullx.xvg has the coordinates of group 0 and the distances<br>of the other groups to group 0.<br><br>pullf.xvg has the force of the umbrella potential<br>which works along the direction vector you gave,<br>this can be positive or negative depending on the direction.<br><br>Berk<br><br>&gt; Subject: RE: [gmx-users] Pull Code problems<br>&gt; From: genesup@gmail.com<br>&gt; To: gmx-users@gromacs.org<br>&gt; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:02:47 +0300<br>&gt; <br>&gt; OK, <br>&gt; I did some homework and now I`m up to this:<br>&gt; <br>&gt; ;-----------PULL CODE ---------------------<br>&gt; <br>&gt; pull    =       umbrella<br>&gt; pull_geometry   = direction<br>&gt; pull_group0     = r_500<br>&gt; pull_group1     = r_535<br>&gt; pull_vec1       = -1.306 1.355 -0.319<br>&gt; pull_k1         = 1000<br>&gt; pull_rate1      = 0.5 ; nm/ps Extreme parameters for extreme pulling<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Now I have two output files - pullx.xvg (-px option of mdrun) and<br>&gt; pullf.xvg (-pf option).<br>&gt; <br>&gt; pullx :<br>&gt; <br>&gt; @    title "Pull COM"<br>&gt; @    xaxis  label "Time (ps)"<br>&gt; @    yaxis  label "Position (nm)"<br>&gt; @TYPE xy<br>&gt; @ view 0.15, 0.15, 0.75, 0.85<br>&gt; @ legend on<br>&gt; @ legend box on<br>&gt; @ legend loctype view<br>&gt; @ legend 0.78, 0.8<br>&gt; @ legend length 2<br>&gt; @ s0 legend "0 X"<br>&gt; @ s1 legend "0 Y"<br>&gt; @ s2 legend "0 Z"<br>&gt; @ s3 legend "1 dX"<br>&gt; @ s4 legend "1 dY"<br>&gt; @ s5 legend "1 dZ"<br>&gt; 0.000000        3.899593        5.816368        3.246447<br>&gt; -0.285972       -0.132647       -0.183023<br>&gt; 0.040000        3.901163        5.812132        3.238992<br>&gt; -0.292108       -0.141616       -0.180796<br>&gt; 0.080000        3.902505        5.806212        3.240236<br>&gt; -0.314770       -0.143951       -0.186194<br>&gt; 0.120000        3.905365        5.797938        3.242384<br>&gt; -0.336802       -0.142276       -0.197704<br>&gt; 0.160000        3.908899        5.794812        3.230687<br>&gt; -0.342824       -0.160593       -0.178745<br>&gt; 0.200000        3.910108        5.797564        3.220754<br>&gt; -0.340151       -0.161146       -0.152076<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Am I correct about XYZ being position of the spring and dx dy dz -<br>&gt; group0-group1 distances?<br>&gt; <br>&gt; pullf :<br>&gt; <br>&gt; @    title "Pull force"<br>&gt; @    xaxis  label "Time (ps)"<br>&gt; @    yaxis  label "Force (kJ/mol/nm)"<br>&gt; @TYPE xy<br>&gt; 0.000000                -132.088161<br>&gt; 0.004000                -128.605515<br>&gt; 0.008000                -125.008520<br>&gt; 0.012000                -121.568624<br>&gt; 0.016000                -118.475655<br>&gt; 0.020000                -115.844403<br>&gt; 0.024000                -113.735184<br>&gt; 0.028000                -112.165522<br>&gt; 0.032000                -111.066433<br>&gt; .....                        .......<br>&gt; 1.232000                409.573773<br>&gt; 1.236000                412.738957<br>&gt; 1.240000                415.736038<br>&gt; 1.244000                418.446270<br>&gt; 1.248000                420.781766<br>&gt; 1.252000                422.747570<br>&gt; 1.256000                424.505472<br>&gt; 1.260000                426.348269<br>&gt; 1.264000                428.568933<br>&gt; 1.268000                431.301610<br>&gt; 1.272000                434.467394<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Why does it start with negative values? Should I use negative value for<br>&gt; pull_k1 (force constant)?<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Thank you for your answers, I appreciate your time.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; SDA<br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 12:41 +0100, Berk Hess wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; Hi,<br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; You don't indicate which xvg file was 0, I guess pullf.xvg.<br>&gt; &gt; Could it be that you did not specify a force constant, meaning fc=0?<br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; Berk<br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; From: genesup@gmail.com<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; To: gmx-users@gromacs.org<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:26:47 +0300<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Subject: [gmx-users] Pull Code problems<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Hello,<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; I am trying to run a pulling simulation with gromacs 4.0.2.<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; I have appended the following pull code to the mdp file:<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; ;-----------PULL CODE ---------------------<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; pull = umbrella<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; pull_geometry = direction<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; pull_group0 = r_500<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; pull_group1 = r_535<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; pull_vec1 = -1.306 1.355 -0.319<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Where r_500 is the group I am expecting to be pulled,<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; r_535 - the reference (the acid that is in fact in contact with<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; r_500)<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; I have left all remaining parameters with default values. <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; The problem is that NOTHING HAPPENED! XVG file had 0.0000 throughout<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; simulation indicating that distance between pull group and reference<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; group was 0! <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; 1/ What did I do wrong?<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; 2/ Is there any pull code tutorial for gromacs 4 (not previous<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; version)? <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Thank you!<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; SDA<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; _______________________________________________<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; http://www.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/search before<br>&gt; &gt; posting!<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; www interface or send it to gmx-users-request@gromacs.org.<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/mailing_lists/users.php<br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; ______________________________________________________________________<br>&gt; &gt; What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find out<br>&gt; <br>&gt; _______________________________________________<br>&gt; gmx-users mailing list    gmx-users@gromacs.org<br>&gt; http://www.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users<br>&gt; Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/search before posting!<br>&gt; Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the <br>&gt; www interface or send it to gmx-users-request@gromacs.org.<br>&gt; Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/mailing_lists/users.php<br><br /><hr />What can you do with the new Windows Live? <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/default.aspx' target='_new'>Find out</a></body>
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