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    On 16/02/2012 1:45 AM, James Starlight wrote:
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAALQopy6CqoYjtxPOqRjcAZytobQeac5dOT6NN6HG5AbAGa=eA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">Mark,<br>
      <br>
      I've used that dimensions in accordance to some literature where
      the same membrane-mimicking simulation were performed.<br>
      <br>
      I've tried to rise cutoffs</blockquote>
    <br>
    Don't, that breaks your model physics and makes it even more likely
    you will encounter problems with the system dimensions becoming too
    small for the cut-off!<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAALQopy6CqoYjtxPOqRjcAZytobQeac5dOT6NN6HG5AbAGa=eA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite"> and dicrease integration step but my system have been
      stil crashed during npt.<br>
      <br>
      I'm using<br>
      &nbsp;pcoupl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Parrinello-Rahman<br>
      <br>
      wich I've found in the KALP tutorial because I have not found the
      same npt example file in the Biphastic tutorial :)<br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    So you're following some other work and not copying their
    equilibration protocol and/or model physics?<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAALQopy6CqoYjtxPOqRjcAZytobQeac5dOT6NN6HG5AbAGa=eA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">Could you advise me another p_coup algorithm for my
      Ccl4 system?<br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    There's only two choices available. Manual 3.4.9 specifically warns
    against one of them for equilibration. What is there to say?<br>
    <br>
    You should be sure to construct a simple case and get the model
    physics validated. For the moment, forget about all the stuff where
    you were struggling to insert more CCl4 into a box with CCl4
    (probably creating a far-from-equilibrium starting configuration).
    Don't try to learn to run on stilts while shaving. Learn to shave,
    then to walk on stilts, then to run, then start combining them.<br>
    <br>
    Mark<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAALQopy6CqoYjtxPOqRjcAZytobQeac5dOT6NN6HG5AbAGa=eA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <br>
      James<br>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
        From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Abraham</b> <span
          dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au" target="_blank">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span><br>
        Date: 2012/2/15<br>
        Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Npt equilibration of the
        membrane-mimicking CCl4 layer<br>
        To: Discussion list for GROMACS users &lt;<a
          moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gmx-users@gromacs.org"
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          <div> On 15/02/2012 4:45 PM, James Starlight wrote:
            <blockquote type="cite">Mark,<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              due to hight density the volume of my system have been
              slightly increased and during NPT phase I've obtained
              error<br>
              <br>
              Fatal error:<br>
              One of the box vectors has become shorter than twice the
              cut-off length or box_yy-|box_zy| or box_zz has become
              smaller than the cut-off.<br>
              <br>
              I'm using 0.9 for electrostatic and 1.4 for vdw cutofs and
              the dimensions of my box was 6.5 3 3 on the initial step
              and 6.6 3 3.3 before crush :)<br>
              <br>
              I want prevent such expansion of my system by increasing
              of pressure and/ or compressibility but I have not found
              exact sollution yet.<br>
            </blockquote>
            <br>
          </div>
          Your system is dangerously small for those cut-offs if your
          initial density is not correct for your model physics. Your y
          and z dimensions only just contain a full cut-off sphere. You
          should also make sure you are following the advice about
          choice of P-coupling algorithm in manual 3.4.9, and consider
          using a very small integration time step. I remain unconvinced
          by this thread that you have generated a starting
          configuration that does not have atomic clashes.<span><font
              color="#888888"><br>
              <br>
              Mark</font></span>
          <div>
            <div><br>
              <br>
              <blockquote type="cite"> <br>
                <br>
                James<br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <div class="gmail_quote">2012/2/14 Mark Abraham <span
                    dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au"
                      target="_blank">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span><br>
                  <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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                      <div> On 14/02/2012 11:01 PM, James Starlight
                        wrote:
                        <blockquote type="cite">This also was solved by
                          the some extra minimisation steps.<br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          I've forced with another problem :D<br>
                          <br>
                          During npt equilibration my system have
                          slightly expanded so my desired volume and
                          density were perturbed.<br>
                          <br>
                          I've noticed the below options in npt wich
                          could help me<br>
                          <br>
                          ref_p&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = 1 1 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
                          compressibility = 4.5e-5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
                          <br>
                          &nbsp;i'm using this compressibility value&nbsp;&nbsp;
                          because I'm modelling the lipid-like
                          environment so I think that I must increase
                          pressure.&nbsp; Could you remind me the dependence
                          of pressure from density and volume for
                          liquids ? :)<br>
                        </blockquote>
                        <br>
                      </div>
                      Your forcefield, simulation cell contents and .mdp
                      settings will determine the equilibrium density.
                      Whether you need to do anything depends on whether
                      you've made a statistically significant
                      post-equilibration measurement of your average
                      density. Haphazardly increasing the reference
                      pressure for the coupling will reduce the volume,
                      but now you are simulating at that pressure. See <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Pressure"
                        target="_blank">http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Pressure</a>
                      for background info.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
                          <br>
                          Mark</font></span>
                      <div>
                        <div><br>
                          <br>
                          <blockquote type="cite"> <br>
                            James<br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            <div class="gmail_quote">2012/2/14 James
                              Starlight <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:jmsstarlight@gmail.com"
                                  target="_blank">jmsstarlight@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>
                              <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
                                style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px
                                #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> It seems
                                that I've fixed that problem by reduce
                                vdv radii for Cl during defining of my
                                box<br>
                                <br>
                                Eventually I've obtained box with the
                                desired density<br>
                                &nbsp;than I've delete vdvradii.dat for my
                                wor dir<br>
                                <br>
                                by when I've launched equilibration I've
                                oibtained<br>
                                <br>
                                Fatal error:<br>
                                Too many LINCS warnings (1598)<br>
                                If you know what you are doing you can
                                adjust the lincs warning threshold in
                                your mdp file<br>
                                <br>
                                I've never seen this before<br>
                                <br>
                                I'm using 1.o cutoff for pme and 1.4 for
                                vdv<br>
                                my LINKS parameters are<br>
                                <br>
                                ; Bond parameters<br>
                                continuation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; first
                                dynamics run<br>
                                constraint_algorithm = lincs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ;
                                holonomic constraints <br>
                                constraints&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = all-bonds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; all
                                bonds (even heavy atom-H bonds)
                                constrained<br>
                                lincs_iter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; accuracy of
                                LINCS<br>
                                lincs_order&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = 4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; also related
                                to accuracy<br>
                                <br>
                                How I could solve it?<span><font
                                    color="#888888"><br>
                                    <br>
                                    <br>
                                    James</font></span>
                                <div>
                                  <div><br>
                                    <br>
                                    <div class="gmail_quote">2012/2/14
                                      James Starlight <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          href="mailto:jmsstarlight@gmail.com"
                                          target="_blank">jmsstarlight@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>
                                      <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
                                        style="margin:0 0 0
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                                        solid;padding-left:1ex">Mark,<br>
                                        <br>
                                        I've checked only density value<br>
                                        <br>
                                        with 500 molecules Ccl4 I have&nbsp;
                                        density that is twisely less
                                        that I need ( in accordance to
                                        the literature ). Also I've
                                        checked my box visually and
                                        found that the box is not
                                        properly tightly packed so I
                                        dont know why genbox didnt add
                                        some extra mollecules :(<br>
                                        <br>
                                        In other words I wounder to know
                                        if&nbsp; there is any way to add some
                                        extra molecules to the pre
                                        defined box to make my system
                                        more tighly packed&nbsp; ( to short
                                        distance between existing
                                        molecules and place new ones in
                                        the new space ) ?<span><font
                                            color="#888888"><br>
                                            <br>
                                            James</font></span>
                                        <div>
                                          <div><br>
                                            <br>
                                            <div class="gmail_quote">2012/2/14

                                              Mark Abraham <span
                                                dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au" target="_blank">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span><br>
                                              <blockquote
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                                                <div>On 14/02/2012 4:57
                                                  PM, James Starlight
                                                  wrote:<br>
                                                  <blockquote
                                                    class="gmail_quote"
                                                    style="margin:0 0 0
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                                                    Justin,<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Firstly I've created
                                                    the box of desired
                                                    size with only 500
                                                    molecules ( I need
                                                    1000)<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Than I've tried to
                                                    add extra 200
                                                    molecules by means
                                                    of Genbox<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    genbox -cp
                                                    super_box.gro -ci
                                                    Ccl4.gro -nmol 200
                                                    -o new_solv.gro<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    but no molecules
                                                    have been added<br>
                                                    Added 0 molecules
                                                    (out of 200
                                                    requested) of Cl4<br>
                                                  </blockquote>
                                                  <br>
                                                </div>
                                                ... then there are no
                                                gaps large enough to
                                                insert your molecules.
                                                Either make gaps, or
                                                check out genbox -h for
                                                advice on defining the
                                                radii.
                                                <div><br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  <blockquote
                                                    class="gmail_quote"
                                                    style="margin:0 0 0
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                                                    <br>
                                                    also I've tried<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    genbox -cp
                                                    super_box.gro -cp
                                                    Ccl4.gro -nmol 200
                                                    -o new_solv.gro<br>
                                                  </blockquote>
                                                  <br>
                                                </div>
                                                Two -cp options is not
                                                what you want, and -nmol
                                                probably only works with
                                                -ci.
                                                <div><br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  <blockquote
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                                                    <br>
                                                    but system were
                                                    crashed with message<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Reading solute
                                                    configuration<br>
                                                    God Rules Over
                                                    Mankind, Animals,
                                                    Cosmos and Such<br>
                                                    Containing 2500
                                                    atoms in 500
                                                    residues<br>
                                                    Initialising van der
                                                    waals distances...<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    WARNING: masses and
                                                    atomic (Van der
                                                    Waals) radii will be
                                                    determined<br>
                                                    &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; based on
                                                    residue and atom
                                                    names. These numbers
                                                    can deviate<br>
                                                    &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; from the
                                                    correct mass and
                                                    radius of the atom
                                                    type.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Reading solvent
                                                    configuration<br>
                                                    "God Rules Over
                                                    Mankind, Animals,
                                                    Cosmos and Such"<br>
                                                    solvent
                                                    configuration
                                                    contains 5 atoms in
                                                    1 residues<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Is there any ways to
                                                    add extra mollecules
                                                    to the pre defined
                                                    box ?<br>
                                                  </blockquote>
                                                  <br>
                                                </div>
                                                Yes - but there has to
                                                be room for them.<span><font
                                                    color="#888888"><br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Mark</font></span>
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