diff --git a/doc/html/boundary.html b/doc/html/boundary.html index 75b29e927c..4166285302 100644 --- a/doc/html/boundary.html +++ b/doc/html/boundary.html @@ -173,7 +173,15 @@ you have set the <a class="reference internal" href="thermo_modify.html"><span c allow for lost atoms.</p> <p>For style <em>s</em>, the position of the face is set so as to encompass the atoms in that dimension (shrink-wrapping), no matter how far they -move.</p> +move. Note that when the difference between the current box dimensions +and the shrink-wrap box dimensions is large, this can lead to lost +atoms at the beginning of a run when running in parallel. This is due +to the large change in the (global) box dimensions also causing +significant changes in the individual sub-domain sizes. If these +changes are farther than the communication cutoff, atoms will be lost. +This is best addressed by setting initial box dimensions to match the +shrink-wrapped dimensions more closely, by using <em>m</em> style boundaries +(see below).</p> <p>For style <em>m</em>, shrink-wrapping occurs, but is bounded by the value specified in the data or restart file or set by the <a class="reference internal" href="create_box.html"><span class="doc">create_box</span></a> command. For example, if the upper z