Fill cell

Description

This function fills the cell with copies of other components or systems. For more details on the algorithm, refer to the documentation for create and fill cell. In this case, the process starts with a non-empty cell.

Latest version

Allowed number of parents: 2 or 3

  1. Parent system

  2. System to insert

  3. System to insert

Parameter Description Value type Value restrictions Default value Units

Total number of components

The number of components to insert. We have one entry for each parent component (max2)

int

≥0

0

N/A

Orientation

The orientation of the components to be inserted

selector

random, regular

random

N/A

Position

The position within the cell where the components shall be inserted

selector

random, spacefilling

random

N/A

Minimal distance between atoms

Minimal distance between two inserted components.

float

>0

2.0

Angstrom

Periodic boundary conditions

Indicates whether we have periodic boundary conditions in x, y and z

boolean

true, False

[True, True,True]

N/A

Seed for random generation

The seed used in the random generator, -1 can be selected for a random seed

int

>-1

123

N/A

Enable minimization

Indicates if a GROMACS energy minimization should be performed to increase the insertion success rate

boolean

True, False

False

N/A