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From: Justin Gullingsrud (jgulling_at_mccammon.ucsd.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 19 2004 - 12:30:36 CST

Hi,

Try using the -minmax option to limit the range of the water explicitly.
You can run solvate twice to generate on water slab for above the
bilayer and one slab for below.

Cheers,
Justin

On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:15:55PM -0500, Satyavani Vemparala wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> I am trying to add water layer only to the top and bottom of lipidbilayers
> using solvate. the option ' -z' or '+z' seems to still add water around
> the lipid layer. Can anyone tell me how to avoid this? is it possible to
> only add water either at the top or bottom of lipid layer? if so, what are
> the command options to solvate?
>
> Thanks
> VAni
>