From d33f6f99a360227e1659cc298264b16f6f3e54e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sjplimp <sjplimp@f3b2605a-c512-4ea7-a41b-209d697bcdaa>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:29:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] git-svn-id: svn://svn.icms.temple.edu/lammps-ro/trunk@1244
 f3b2605a-c512-4ea7-a41b-209d697bcdaa

---
 doc/minimize.html | 14 ++++++++++++++
 doc/minimize.txt  | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/minimize.html b/doc/minimize.html
index 7f1550b278..ae73fd916b 100644
--- a/doc/minimize.html
+++ b/doc/minimize.html
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ fashion that should allow for systems with highly overlapped atoms
 (large energies and forces) to still be minimized by pushing the atoms
 off of each other.
 </P>
+<P>Alternate means of relaxing a system are to run dynamics with a small
+or <A HREF = "fix_nve_limit.html">limited timestep</A>.  Or dynamics can be run
+using <A HREF = "fix_viscous.html">fix viscous</A> to impose a damping force that
+slowly drains all kinetic energy from the system.  The <A HREF = "pair_soft.html">pair_style
+soft</A> potential can be used to un-overlap atoms while
+running dynamics.
+</P>
 <P>Following the minimization a statistical summary is printed that
 includes the energy change and convergence criteria information.
 </P>
@@ -101,6 +108,13 @@ external pressure that would be included in the minimization
 (i.e. allow the box dimensions to change), but this has not yet been
 implemented.
 </P>
+<P>Pair potentials that produce torque on a particle (e.g. <A HREF = "pair_gran.html">granular
+potentials</A> or the <A HREF = "pair_gayberne.html">GayBerne
+potential</A> for ellipsoidal particles) are not
+relaxed by a minimization.  More specifically, radial relaxations are
+induced, but no rotations are induced by a minimization, so such a
+system will not fully relax.
+</P>
 <P><B>Related commands:</B>
 </P>
 <P><A HREF = "min_modify.html">min_modify</A>, <A HREF = "min_style.html">min_style</A>,
diff --git a/doc/minimize.txt b/doc/minimize.txt
index 30a7609a58..7e853731f9 100644
--- a/doc/minimize.txt
+++ b/doc/minimize.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ fashion that should allow for systems with highly overlapped atoms
 (large energies and forces) to still be minimized by pushing the atoms
 off of each other.
 
+Alternate means of relaxing a system are to run dynamics with a small
+or "limited timestep"_fix_nve_limit.html.  Or dynamics can be run
+using "fix viscous"_fix_viscous.html to impose a damping force that
+slowly drains all kinetic energy from the system.  The "pair_style
+soft"_pair_soft.html potential can be used to un-overlap atoms while
+running dynamics.
+
 Following the minimization a statistical summary is printed that
 includes the energy change and convergence criteria information.
 
@@ -98,6 +105,13 @@ external pressure that would be included in the minimization
 (i.e. allow the box dimensions to change), but this has not yet been
 implemented.
 
+Pair potentials that produce torque on a particle (e.g. "granular
+potentials"_pair_gran.html or the "GayBerne
+potential"_pair_gayberne.html for ellipsoidal particles) are not
+relaxed by a minimization.  More specifically, radial relaxations are
+induced, but no rotations are induced by a minimization, so such a
+system will not fully relax.
+
 [Related commands:]
 
 "min_modify"_min_modify.html, "min_style"_min_style.html,