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Rearrange atom coordinates after calculation

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:19 am
by thierno
Hello,

I have some calculations with Periodic conditions but have the coordinates of the final structure dispersed. My question is if there is any possible way to identify the different atoms and rescale them back to their desired positions in VASP

Thanks

Rearrange atom coordinates after calculation

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:35 pm
by terencelz
If it gets out of the 0~1 area that you placed your atoms initially, you can load the CONTCAR with python and do a 3 fold iteration and compare with the specific line in POSCAR. With symmetry constraints, the iterations may be simplified.

If within the symmetry determined by VASP the atoms move to an unexpected place, maybe it's best to reduce the value of POTIM.