From da1be29278a7a9e623fdd76478cd572a789f77f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Steven J. Plimpton" <sjplimp@singsing.sandia.gov> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:31:55 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] 2nd try at incremental doc page reorg, Section_tools --- doc/src/Manual.txt | 4 +- doc/src/Tools.txt | 527 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 529 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/src/Tools.txt diff --git a/doc/src/Manual.txt b/doc/src/Manual.txt index e69797d9ec..d6d46570c1 100644 --- a/doc/src/Manual.txt +++ b/doc/src/Manual.txt @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ it gives quick access to documentation for all LAMMPS commands. Section_howto Section_example Section_perf - Section_tools + Tools Section_modify Section_python Section_errors @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ END_RST --> 6.27 "Drude induced dipoles"_howto_27 :ule,b "Example problems"_Section_example.html :l "Performance & scalability"_Section_perf.html :l -"Additional tools"_Section_tools.html :l +"Auxiliary tools"_Tools.html :l "Modifying & extending LAMMPS"_Section_modify.html :l 10.1 "Atom styles"_mod_1 :ulb,b 10.2 "Bond, angle, dihedral, improper potentials"_mod_2 :b diff --git a/doc/src/Tools.txt b/doc/src/Tools.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8fc371c4ef --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/Tools.txt @@ -0,0 +1,527 @@ +"Previous Section"_Section_perf.html - "LAMMPS WWW Site"_lws - "LAMMPS +Documentation"_ld - "LAMMPS Commands"_lc - "Next +Section"_Section_modify.html :c + +<!-- future sequence of sections: +"Previous Section"_Python.html - "LAMMPS WWW Site"_lws - +"LAMMPS Documentation"_ld - "LAMMPS Commands"_lc - "Next +Section"_Modify.html :c +--> + +:link(lws,http://lammps.sandia.gov) +:link(ld,Manual.html) +:link(lc,Commands.html#comm) + +:line + +Auxiliary tools :h3 + +LAMMPS is designed to be a computational kernel for performing +molecular dynamics computations. Additional pre- and post-processing +steps are often necessary to setup and analyze a simulation. A list +of such tools can be found on the "LAMMPS webpage"_lws at these links: + +"Pre/Post processing"_http://lammps.sandia.gov/prepost.html +"Offsite LAMMPS packages & tools"_http://lammps.sandia.gov/offsite.html +"Pizza.py toolkit"_pizza :ul + +The last link for "Pizza.py"_pizza is a Python-based tool developed at +Sandia which provides tools for doing setup, analysis, plotting, and +visualization for LAMMPS simulations. + +"link(pizza,http://pizza.sandia.gov) +:link(python,http://www.python.org) + +Additional tools included in the LAMMPS distribution are described on +this page. + +Note that many users write their own setup or analysis tools or use +other existing codes and convert their output to a LAMMPS input format +or vice versa. The tools listed here are included in the LAMMPS +distribution as examples of auxiliary tools. Some of them are not +actively supported by the LAMMPS developers, as they were contributed +by LAMMPS users. If you have problems using them, we can direct you +to the authors. + +The source code for each of these codes is in the tools sub-directory +of the LAMMPS distribution. There is a Makefile (which you may need +to edit for your platform) which will build several of the tools which +reside in that directory. Most of them are larger packages in their +own sub-directories with their own Makefiles and/or README files. + +"amber2lmp"_#amber +"binary2txt"_#binary +"ch2lmp"_#charmm +"chain"_#chain +"colvars"_#colvars +"createatoms"_#createatoms +"doxygen"_#doxygen +"drude"_#drude +"eam database"_#eamdb +"eam generate"_#eamgn +"eff"_#eff +"emacs"_#emacs +"fep"_#fep +"i-pi"_#ipi +"ipp"_#ipp +"kate"_#kate +"lmp2arc"_#arc +"lmp2cfg"_#cfg +"matlab"_#matlab +"micelle2d"_#micelle +"moltemplate"_#moltemplate +"msi2lmp"_#msi +"phonon"_#phonon +"polybond"_#polybond +"pymol_asphere"_#pymol +"python"_#pythontools +"reax"_#reax_tool +"smd"_#smd +"vim"_#vim +"xmgrace"_#xmgrace :ul + +:line +:line + +amber2lmp tool :h4,link(amber) + +The amber2lmp sub-directory contains two Python scripts for converting +files back-and-forth between the AMBER MD code and LAMMPS. See the +README file in amber2lmp for more information. + +These tools were written by Keir Novik while he was at Queen Mary +University of London. Keir is no longer there and cannot support +these tools which are out-of-date with respect to the current LAMMPS +version (and maybe with respect to AMBER as well). Since we don't use +these tools at Sandia, you'll need to experiment with them and make +necessary modifications yourself. + +:line + +binary2txt tool :h4,link(binary) + +The file binary2txt.cpp converts one or more binary LAMMPS dump file +into ASCII text files. The syntax for running the tool is + +binary2txt file1 file2 ... :pre + +which creates file1.txt, file2.txt, etc. This tool must be compiled +on a platform that can read the binary file created by a LAMMPS run, +since binary files are not compatible across all platforms. + +:line + +ch2lmp tool :h4,link(charmm) + +The ch2lmp sub-directory contains tools for converting files +back-and-forth between the CHARMM MD code and LAMMPS. + +They are intended to make it easy to use CHARMM as a builder and as a +post-processor for LAMMPS. Using charmm2lammps.pl, you can convert a +PDB file with associated CHARMM info, including CHARMM force field +data, into its LAMMPS equivalent. Support for the CMAP correction of +CHARMM22 and later is available as an option. This tool can also add +solvent water molecules and Na+ or Cl- ions to the system. +Using lammps2pdb.pl you can convert LAMMPS atom dumps into PDB files. + +See the README file in the ch2lmp sub-directory for more information. + +These tools were created by Pieter in't Veld (pjintve at sandia.gov) +and Paul Crozier (pscrozi at sandia.gov) at Sandia. + +CMAP support added and tested by Xiaohu Hu (hux2 at ornl.gov) and +Robert A. Latour (latourr at clemson.edu), David Hyde-Volpe, and +Tigran Abramyan, (Clemson University) and +Chris Lorenz (chris.lorenz at kcl.ac.uk), King's College London. + +:line + +chain tool :h4,link(chain) + +The file chain.f creates a LAMMPS data file containing bead-spring +polymer chains and/or monomer solvent atoms. It uses a text file +containing chain definition parameters as an input. The created +chains and solvent atoms can strongly overlap, so LAMMPS needs to run +the system initially with a "soft" pair potential to un-overlap it. +The syntax for running the tool is + +chain < def.chain > data.file :pre + +See the def.chain or def.chain.ab files in the tools directory for +examples of definition files. This tool was used to create the +system for the "chain benchmark"_Section_perf.html. + +:line + +colvars tools :h4,link(colvars) + +The colvars directory contains a collection of tools for postprocessing +data produced by the colvars collective variable library. +To compile the tools, edit the makefile for your system and run "make". + +Please report problems and issues the colvars library and its tools +at: https://github.com/colvars/colvars/issues + +abf_integrate: + +MC-based integration of multidimensional free energy gradient +Version 20110511 + +Syntax: ./abf_integrate < filename > \[-n < nsteps >\] \[-t < temp >\] \[-m \[0|1\] (metadynamics)\] \[-h < hill_height >\] \[-f < variable_hill_factor >\] :pre + +The LAMMPS interface to the colvars collective variable library, as +well as these tools, were created by Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey at +gmail.com) at ICTP, Italy. + +:line + +createatoms tool :h4,link(createatoms) + +The tools/createatoms directory contains a Fortran program called +createAtoms.f which can generate a variety of interesting crystal +structures and geometries and output the resulting list of atom +coordinates in LAMMPS or other formats. + +See the included Manual.pdf for details. + +The tool is authored by Xiaowang Zhou (Sandia), xzhou at sandia.gov. + +:line + +doxygen tool :h4,link(doxygen) + +The tools/doxygen directory contains a shell script called +doxygen.sh which can generate a call graph and API lists using +the "Doxygen software"_http://doxygen.org. + +See the included README file for details. + +The tool is authored by Nandor Tamaskovics, numericalfreedom at googlemail.com. + +:line + +drude tool :h4,link(drude) + +The tools/drude directory contains a Python script called +polarizer.py which can add Drude oscillators to a LAMMPS +data file in the required format. + +See the header of the polarizer.py file for details. + +The tool is authored by Agilio Padua and Alain Dequidt: agilio.padua +at univ-bpclermont.fr, alain.dequidt at univ-bpclermont.fr + +:line + +eam database tool :h4,link(eamdb) + +The tools/eam_database directory contains a Fortran program that will +generate EAM alloy setfl potential files for any combination of 16 +elements: Cu, Ag, Au, Ni, Pd, Pt, Al, Pb, Fe, Mo, Ta, W, Mg, Co, Ti, +Zr. The files can then be used with the "pair_style +eam/alloy"_pair_eam.html command. + +The tool is authored by Xiaowang Zhou (Sandia), xzhou at sandia.gov, +and is based on his paper: + +X. W. Zhou, R. A. Johnson, and H. N. G. Wadley, Phys. Rev. B, 69, +144113 (2004). + +:line + +eam generate tool :h4,link(eamgn) + +The tools/eam_generate directory contains several one-file C programs +that convert an analytic formula into a tabulated "embedded atom +method (EAM)"_pair_eam.html setfl potential file. The potentials they +produce are in the potentials directory, and can be used with the +"pair_style eam/alloy"_pair_eam.html command. + +The source files and potentials were provided by Gerolf Ziegenhain +(gerolf at ziegenhain.com). + +:line + +eff tool :h4,link(eff) + +The tools/eff directory contains various scripts for generating +structures and post-processing output for simulations using the +electron force field (eFF). + +These tools were provided by Andres Jaramillo-Botero at CalTech +(ajaramil at wag.caltech.edu). + +:line + +emacs tool :h4,link(emacs) + +The tools/emacs directory contains a Lips add-on file for Emacs that +enables a lammps-mode for editing of input scripts when using Emacs, +with various highlighting options setup. + +These tools were provided by Aidan Thompson at Sandia +(athomps at sandia.gov). + +:line + +fep tool :h4,link(fep) + +The tools/fep directory contains Python scripts useful for +post-processing results from performing free-energy perturbation +simulations using the USER-FEP package. + +The scripts were contributed by Agilio Padua (Universite Blaise +Pascal Clermont-Ferrand), agilio.padua at univ-bpclermont.fr. + +See README file in the tools/fep directory. + +:line + +i-pi tool :h4,link(ipi) + +The tools/i-pi directory contains a version of the i-PI package, with +all the LAMMPS-unrelated files removed. It is provided so that it can +be used with the "fix ipi"_fix_ipi.html command to perform +path-integral molecular dynamics (PIMD). + +The i-PI package was created and is maintained by Michele Ceriotti, +michele.ceriotti at gmail.com, to interface to a variety of molecular +dynamics codes. + +See the tools/i-pi/manual.pdf file for an overview of i-PI, and the +"fix ipi"_fix_ipi.html doc page for further details on running PIMD +calculations with LAMMPS. + +:line + +ipp tool :h4,link(ipp) + +The tools/ipp directory contains a Perl script ipp which can be used +to facilitate the creation of a complicated file (say, a lammps input +script or tools/createatoms input file) using a template file. + +ipp was created and is maintained by Reese Jones (Sandia), rjones at +sandia.gov. + +See two examples in the tools/ipp directory. One of them is for the +tools/createatoms tool's input file. + +:line + +kate tool :h4,link(kate) + +The file in the tools/kate directory is an add-on to the Kate editor +in the KDE suite that allow syntax highlighting of LAMMPS input +scripts. See the README.txt file for details. + +The file was provided by Alessandro Luigi Sellerio +(alessandro.sellerio at ieni.cnr.it). + +:line + +lmp2arc tool :h4,link(arc) + +The lmp2arc sub-directory contains a tool for converting LAMMPS output +files to the format for Accelrys' Insight MD code (formerly +MSI/Biosym and its Discover MD code). See the README file for more +information. + +This tool was written by John Carpenter (Cray), Michael Peachey +(Cray), and Steve Lustig (Dupont). John is now at the Mayo Clinic +(jec at mayo.edu), but still fields questions about the tool. + +This tool was updated for the current LAMMPS C++ version by Jeff +Greathouse at Sandia (jagreat at sandia.gov). + +:line + +lmp2cfg tool :h4,link(cfg) + +The lmp2cfg sub-directory contains a tool for converting LAMMPS output +files into a series of *.cfg files which can be read into the +"AtomEye"_http://mt.seas.upenn.edu/Archive/Graphics/A visualizer. See +the README file for more information. + +This tool was written by Ara Kooser at Sandia (askoose at sandia.gov). + +:line + +matlab tool :h4,link(matlab) + +The matlab sub-directory contains several "MATLAB"_matlabhome scripts for +post-processing LAMMPS output. The scripts include readers for log +and dump files, a reader for EAM potential files, and a converter that +reads LAMMPS dump files and produces CFG files that can be visualized +with the "AtomEye"_http://mt.seas.upenn.edu/Archive/Graphics/A +visualizer. + +See the README.pdf file for more information. + +These scripts were written by Arun Subramaniyan at Purdue Univ +(asubrama at purdue.edu). + +:link(matlabhome,http://www.mathworks.com) + +:line + +micelle2d tool :h4,link(micelle) + +The file micelle2d.f creates a LAMMPS data file containing short lipid +chains in a monomer solution. It uses a text file containing lipid +definition parameters as an input. The created molecules and solvent +atoms can strongly overlap, so LAMMPS needs to run the system +initially with a "soft" pair potential to un-overlap it. The syntax +for running the tool is + +micelle2d < def.micelle2d > data.file :pre + +See the def.micelle2d file in the tools directory for an example of a +definition file. This tool was used to create the system for the +"micelle example"_Section_example.html. + +:line + +moltemplate tool :h4,link(moltemplate) + +The moltemplate sub-directory contains a Python-based tool for +building molecular systems based on a text-file description, and +creating LAMMPS data files that encode their molecular topology as +lists of bonds, angles, dihedrals, etc. See the README.TXT file for +more information. + +This tool was written by Andrew Jewett (jewett.aij at gmail.com), who +supports it. It has its own WWW page at +"http://moltemplate.org"_http://moltemplate.org. + +:line + +msi2lmp tool :h4,link(msi) + +The msi2lmp sub-directory contains a tool for creating LAMMPS template +input and data files from BIOVIA's Materias Studio files (formerly Accelrys' +Insight MD code, formerly MSI/Biosym and its Discover MD code). + +This tool was written by John Carpenter (Cray), Michael Peachey +(Cray), and Steve Lustig (Dupont). Several people contributed changes +to remove bugs and adapt its output to changes in LAMMPS. + +This tool has several known limitations and is no longer under active +development, so there are no changes except for the occasional bugfix. + +See the README file in the tools/msi2lmp folder for more information. + +:line + +phonon tool :h4,link(phonon) + +The phonon sub-directory contains a post-processing tool useful for +analyzing the output of the "fix phonon"_fix_phonon.html command in +the USER-PHONON package. + +See the README file for instruction on building the tool and what +library it needs. And see the examples/USER/phonon directory +for example problems that can be post-processed with this tool. + +This tool was written by Ling-Ti Kong at Shanghai Jiao Tong +University. + +:line + +polybond tool :h4,link(polybond) + +The polybond sub-directory contains a Python-based tool useful for +performing "programmable polymer bonding". The Python file +lmpsdata.py provides a "Lmpsdata" class with various methods which can +be invoked by a user-written Python script to create data files with +complex bonding topologies. + +See the Manual.pdf for details and example scripts. + +This tool was written by Zachary Kraus at Georgia Tech. + +:line + +pymol_asphere tool :h4,link(pymol) + +The pymol_asphere sub-directory contains a tool for converting a +LAMMPS dump file that contains orientation info for ellipsoidal +particles into an input file for the "PyMol visualization +package"_pymolhome or its "open source variant"_pymolopen. + +:link(pymolhome,http://www.pymol.org) +:link(pymolopen,http://sourceforge.net/scm/?type=svn&group_id=4546) + +Specifically, the tool triangulates the ellipsoids so they can be +viewed as true ellipsoidal particles within PyMol. See the README and +examples directory within pymol_asphere for more information. + +This tool was written by Mike Brown at Sandia. + +:line + +python tool :h4,link(pythontools) + +The python sub-directory contains several Python scripts +that perform common LAMMPS post-processing tasks, such as: + +extract thermodynamic info from a log file as columns of numbers +plot two columns of thermodynamic info from a log file using GnuPlot +sort the snapshots in a dump file by atom ID +convert multiple "NEB"_neb.html dump files into one dump file for viz +convert dump files into XYZ, CFG, or PDB format for viz by other packages :ul + +These are simple scripts built on "Pizza.py"_pizza modules. See the +README for more info on Pizza.py and how to use these scripts. + +:line + +reax tool :h4,link(reax_tool) + +The reax sub-directory contains stand-alond codes that can +post-process the output of the "fix reax/bonds"_fix_reax_bonds.html +command from a LAMMPS simulation using "ReaxFF"_pair_reax.html. See +the README.txt file for more info. + +These tools were written by Aidan Thompson at Sandia. + +:line + +smd tool :h4,link(smd) + +The smd sub-directory contains a C++ file dump2vtk_tris.cpp and +Makefile which can be compiled and used to convert triangle output +files created by the Smooth-Mach Dynamics (USER-SMD) package into a +VTK-compatible unstructured grid file. It could then be read in and +visualized by VTK. + +See the header of dump2vtk.cpp for more details. + +This tool was written by the USER-SMD package author, Georg +Ganzenmuller at the Fraunhofer-Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, +Ernst Mach Institute in Germany (georg.ganzenmueller at emi.fhg.de). + +:line + +vim tool :h4,link(vim) + +The files in the tools/vim directory are add-ons to the VIM editor +that allow easier editing of LAMMPS input scripts. See the README.txt +file for details. + +These files were provided by Gerolf Ziegenhain (gerolf at +ziegenhain.com) + +:line + +xmgrace tool :h4,link(xmgrace) + +The files in the tools/xmgrace directory can be used to plot the +thermodynamic data in LAMMPS log files via the xmgrace plotting +package. There are several tools in the directory that can be used in +post-processing mode. The lammpsplot.cpp file can be compiled and +used to create plots from the current state of a running LAMMPS +simulation. + +See the README file for details. + +These files were provided by Vikas Varshney (vv0210 at gmail.com) -- GitLab