Please start a new thread if you're going to introduce a new topic. I have
changed the subject to something more relevant.
On 4/29/13 4:23 PM, lloyd riggs wrote:
*Dear All,*
*Doing a water/temp energy minimization just for a figure with a large molecule
that has several connected parts, I ran into a bizzar question.*
*So I found its possible by accident to define improper dihedrails forwards and
backwards without gromacs complaining, such as atom 1 2 3 4 and 4 3 2 1. My
question is, if your topology has this, does it affect the calculations (angle
energy or other)?*
Yes, it does. For impropers, the order matters. In the two examples, you are
specifying different properties. With "1 2 3 4," you are saying that atom 1 is
planar and atoms 2, 3, and 4 are the atoms around it that govern its planarity.
With "4 3 2 1," you are saying atom 4 is the planar center, with atoms 1, 2,
and 3 similarly governing its planarity.
-Justin
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