Re: Rod shape particle

[Rudolf Weeber]

Hi Ahmad,
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 09:17:36AM +0000, Ahmad Reza Motezakker wrote:
> I am trying to create rod shape particles with the help of creating polymer 
> and defining rigid bonding between the particles. Although I have decreased 
> the tolerance for position and velocity, when I visualize the particle, it is 
> clear that it does not act like a rod and it bends.
Please be aware that the RigidBond (using thre RATTLE algorithm) only controls 
distances, not any angles between vectors connecting partiles.
For a bunch of particles placed in a straight line p1-p2-p3-...-p9,
adding a rigid bonds p1-p2 p2-p3 p3-p4 will not do the trick. E.g., while 
keeping all distances, p3 could rotate around the p1-p2.
If you want to stay with RigidBonds, you can use two rigid bonds one of length 
l and one of length 2l and do
p1-p2 (l) p1-p3 (2l) p2-p3 (l) p2-p4 (2l) ...

Alternatively, please use the VirtualsSitesRelative feature as explained in the 
raspberry tutorial (preferred method):
* Place an odd number of particles in a straight line
* Turn on rotation on the middle particle
* on all particles except the middle one, call vs_auto_relate_to() to relate 
them to the middle one.


Hope that helps!
Regards, Rudolf