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"LAMMPS WWW Site"_lws - "LAMMPS Documentation"_ld - "LAMMPS Commands"_lc :c
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:link(lws,http://lammps.sandia.gov)
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:link(ld,Manual.html)
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:link(lc,Section_commands.html#comm)
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fix property/atom command :h3
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[Syntax:]
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fix ID group-ID property/atom vec1 vec2 ... keyword value ... :pre
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ID, group-ID are documented in "fix"_fix.html command :ulb,l
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property/atom = style name of this fix command :l
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vec1,vec2,... = {mol} or {i_name} or {d_name} :l
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{mol} = molecule IDs
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{i_name} = new integer vector referenced by name
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{d_name} = new floating-point vector referenced by name :pre
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zero of more keyword/value pairs may be appended :l
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keyword = {ghost} :l
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{ghost} value = {no} or {yes} for whether ghost atom info in communicated :pre
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:ule
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[Examples:]
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fix 1 all property/atom mol
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fix 1 all property/atom i_myflag1 i_myflag2
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fix 1 all property/atom d_sx d_sy d_sz :pre
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[Description:]
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Create one or more additional per-atom vectors to store information
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about atoms and to use during a simulation. The specified {group-ID}
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is ignored by this fix.
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The atom style used for a simulation defines a set of per-atom
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properties, as explained on the "atom_style"_atom_style.html and
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"read_data"_read_data.html doc pages. The latter command allows these
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properties to be defined for each atom in the system when a data file
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is read. This fix will augment the set of properties with new custom
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ones.
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This can be useful in at least two scenarios.
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If the atom style (e.g. atomic or sphere) does not define molecule
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IDs, they can be added using the {mol} vector. This can be useful to
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carry along an additional flag with atoms, or to define "molecules" to
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use as rigid bodies with the "fix rigid"_fix_rigid.html command. An
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alternative is to use an atom style that does define molecule IDs or a
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hybrid atom style that combines two styles to allow for molecule IDs,
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but that has 2 practical drawbacks. First it typically necessitates
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changing the format of the data file. And it may define additional
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properties that aren't needed such as bond lists (which has some overhead
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even if there are no bonds).
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In the future, we may add additional per-atom properties like {mol}
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for molecule IDs that "turn-on" specific properties defined by some
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atom styles, so they can be used by atom styles that don't define
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them.
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More generally, the {i_name} and {d_name} vectors allow one or more
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new custom per-atom properties to be defined. Each name must be
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unique and can use alphanumeric or underscore characters. These
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vectors can store whatever values you decide are useful in your
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simulation. As explained below there are several ways to initialize
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and access and output these values, both via input script commands and
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in new code that you add to LAMMPS.
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This is effectively a simple way to add per-atom properties to a model
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without needing to write code for a new "atom style"_atom_style.html
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that defines the properties. Note however that implementing a new
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atom style allows new atom properties to be more tightly and
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seamlessly integrated with the rest of the code.
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The new atom properties encode values that migrate with atoms to new
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processors and are written to restart files. If you want the new
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properties to also be defined for ghost atoms, then use the {border}
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keyword with a value of {yes}. This will invoke extra communication
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when ghost atoms are created (at every re-neighboring) to insure the
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new properties are also defined for the ghost atoms.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: The properties for ghost atoms are not updated every
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timestep, but only once every few steps when neighbor lists are
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re-built. Thus the {border} keyword is suitable for static
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properties, like molecule IDs, but not for dynamic properties that
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change every step. In that case, the code you add to LAMMPS to change
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the properties will also need to communicate their new values, an
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operation that can be invoked from within a "pair
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style"_pair_style.html or "fix"_fix.html or "compute"_compute.html
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that you write.
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This fix is one of a small number that can be defined in an input
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script before the simulation box is created or atoms are defined.
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This is so it can be used with the "read_data"_read_data.html command
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as described below.
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Per-atom properties that are defined by the "atom
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style"_atom_style.html are initialized when atoms are created, e.g. by
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the "read_data"_read_data.html or "create_atoms"_create_atoms.html
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commands. The per-atom properaties defined by this fix are not. So
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you need to initialize them explicitly. This can be done by the
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"read_data"_read_data.html command, using its {fix} keyword and
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passing it the fix-ID of this fix.
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Thus these commands:
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fix prop all property/atom mol d_flag
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read_data data.txt fix prop NULL Molecules :pre
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would allow a data file to have a section like this:
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Molecules :pre
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1 4 1.5
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2 4 3.0
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3 10 1.0
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4 10 1.0
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5 10 1.0
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...
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N 763 4.5 :pre
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where N is the number of atoms, and the first field on each line is
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the atom-ID, followed by a molecule-ID and a floating point value that
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will be stored in a new property called "flag". Note that the list of
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per-atom properties can be in any order.
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Another way of initializing the new properties is via the
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"set"_set.html command. For example, if you wanted molecules
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defined for every set of 10 atoms, based on their atom-IDs,
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these commands could be used:
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fix prop all property/atom mol
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variable cluster atom ((id-1)/10)+1
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set id * mol v_cluster :pre
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The "atom-style variable"_variable.html will create values for atoms
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with IDs 31,32,33,...40 that are 4.0,4.1,4.2,...,4.9. When the
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"set"_set.html commands assigns them to the molecule ID for each atom,
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they will be truncated to an integer value, so atoms 31-40 will all be
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assigned a molecule ID of 4.
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Note that "atomfile-style variables"_variable.html can also be used in
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place of atom-style variables, which means in this case that the
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molecule IDs could be read-in from a separate file and assinged by the
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"set"_set.html command. This allows you to initialize new per-atom
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properties in a completely general fashion.
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For new atom properties specified as {i_name} or {d_name}, the
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"compute property/atom"_compute_property_atom.html command can access
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their values. This means that the values can be output via the "dump
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custom"_dump.html command, accessed by fixes like "fix
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ave/atom"_fix_ave_atom.html, accessed by other computes like "compute
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reduce"_compute_reduce.html, or used in "atom-style
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variables"_variables.
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For example, these commands will output two new properties to a custom
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dump file:
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fix prop all property/atom i_flag1 d_flag2
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compute 1 all property/atom i_flag1 d_flag2
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dump 1 all custom 100 tmp.dump id x y z c_1[1] c_1[2] :pre
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:line
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2013-07-26 04:59:36 +08:00
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If you wish to add new "pair styles"_pair_style.html,
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"fixes"_fix.html, or "computes"_compute.html that use the per-atom
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properties defined by this fix, see "Section
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modify"_Section_modify.html#mod_1 of the manual which has some details
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on how the properties can be accessed from added classes.
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:line
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[Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info:]
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This fix writes the per-atom values it stores to "binary restart
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files"_restart.html, so that the values can be restored when a
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simulation is restarted. See the "read_restart"_read_restart.html
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command for info on how to re-specify a fix in an input script that
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reads a restart file, so that the operation of the fix continues in an
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uninterrupted fashion.
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None of the "fix_modify"_fix_modify.html options
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are relevant to this fix. No global or per-atom quantities are stored
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by this fix for access by various "output
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commands"_Section_howto.html#howto_15. No parameter of this fix can
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be used with the {start/stop} keywords of the "run"_run.html command.
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This fix is not invoked during "energy minimization"_minimize.html.
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[Restrictions:] none
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[Related commands:]
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"read_data"_read_data.html, "set"_set.html, "compute
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property/atom"_compute_property_atom.html
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[Default:]
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The default keyword values are ghost = no.
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