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Sample configuration files

This section contains some simple example NAMD configuration files to serve as templates.

This file shows a simple configuration file for alanin. It performs basic dynamics with no output files or special features.

timestep        0.5
numsteps        10000

cwd             /scratch              #  Specify a working directory 

structure       alanin.psf
parameters      alanin.params
coordinates     alanin.pdb

exclude         scaled1-4
1-4scaling      0.4
outputname      output
margin          1.0
stepspercycle   10
temperature     300.0

switching       on
switchdist      7.0
cutoff          8.0
pairlistdist    9.0

This file is again for alanin, but shows a slightly more complicated configuration. A coordinate trajectory file and a set of restart files are produced every ten timesteps. Langevin dynamics are also active in this configuration.

timestep        0.5

numsteps        10000

structure       alanin.psf
parameters      alanin.params
coordinates     alanin.pdb
exclude         scaled1-4
1-4scaling      0.4
outputname      output
margin          1.0
stepspercycle   10
temperature     300.0

switching       on
switchdist      7.0
cutoff          8.0
pairlistdist    9.0

DCDfile         alanin.dcd
DCDfreq         10

restartname     alanin.restart
restartfreq     10

langevin        on
langevinTemp    300.0
langevinCol     O

This file shows another simple configuration file for alanin, but this time with full electrostatics using DPMTA.

timestep        0.5
numsteps        10000

cwd             /scratch        #  Specify a working directory 

structure       alanin.psf
parameters      alanin.params
coordinates     alanin.pdb

exclude         scaled1-4
1-4scaling      0.4
outputname      output
margin          1.0
stepspercycle   10
temperature     300.0

switching       on
switchdist      7.0
cutoff          8.0
pairlistdist    9.0

# DPMTA parameters
FMA             on
FMAMp           8
FMALevels       3
FMAFFT          on
FMAFFTBlock     4



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