Re: Hexagonal cell and PME grid.

From: Jan Saam (saam_at_charite.de)
Date: Tue Mar 01 2005 - 05:34:17 CST

Nicholas,

This is correct.

Very nice ACSII graphics by the way!

Jan

Nicholas M Glykos wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> A quick question : I would assume that when using an oblique cell for a
> periodic boundary run, the NAMD PME grid sizes (x,y,z) refer to the
> (possibly non-orthogonal) directions of the cell basis vectors. Is this
> correct ? Just to be on the safe side : in the case of a hexagonal cell
> should the chosen grid should refer to the unit vectors indicated in the
> following "diagram" ? :
>
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> Thanks,
> Nicholas
>
>

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