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<span id="index-0"></span><h1>fix setforce command<a class="headerlink" href="#fix-setforce-command" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<h1>fix setforce/cuda command<a class="headerlink" href="#fix-setforce-cuda-command" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<h2>Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#syntax" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>fix ID group-ID setforce fx fy fz keyword value ...
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<li>ID, group-ID are documented in <a class="reference internal" href="fix.html"><em>fix</em></a> command</li>
<li>setforce = style name of this fix command</li>
<li>fx,fy,fz = force component values</li>
<li>any of fx,fy,fz can be a variable (see below)</li>
<li>zero or more keyword/value pairs may be appended to args</li>
<li>keyword = <em>region</em></li>
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<em>region</em> value = region-ID
region-ID = ID of region atoms must be in to have added force
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<h2>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>fix freeze indenter setforce 0.0 0.0 0.0
fix 2 edge setforce NULL 0.0 0.0
fix 2 edge setforce NULL 0.0 v_oscillate
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<h2>Description<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Set each component of force on each atom in the group to the specified
values fx,fy,fz. This erases all previously computed forces on the
atom, though additional fixes could add new forces. This command can
be used to freeze certain atoms in the simulation by zeroing their
force, either for running dynamics or performing an energy
minimization. For dynamics, this assumes their initial velocity is
also zero.</p>
<p>Any of the fx,fy,fz values can be specified as NULL which means do not
alter the force component in that dimension.</p>
<p>Any of the 3 quantities defining the force components can be specified
as an equal-style or atom-style <a class="reference internal" href="variable.html"><em>variable</em></a>, namely <em>fx</em>,
<em>fy</em>, <em>fz</em>. If the value is a variable, it should be specified as
v_name, where name is the variable name. In this case, the variable
will be evaluated each timestep, and its value used to determine the
force component.</p>
<p>Equal-style variables can specify formulas with various mathematical
functions, and include <a class="reference internal" href="thermo_style.html"><em>thermo_style</em></a> command
keywords for the simulation box parameters and timestep and elapsed
time. Thus it is easy to specify a time-dependent force field.</p>
<p>Atom-style variables can specify the same formulas as equal-style
variables but can also include per-atom values, such as atom
coordinates. Thus it is easy to specify a spatially-dependent force
field with optional time-dependence as well.</p>
<p>If the <em>region</em> keyword is used, the atom must also be in the
specified geometric <a class="reference internal" href="region.html"><em>region</em></a> in order to have force added
to it.</p>
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<p>Styles with a <em>cuda</em> suffix are functionally the same as the
corresponding style without the suffix. They have been optimized to
run faster, depending on your available hardware, as discussed in
<a class="reference internal" href="Section_accelerate.html"><em>Section_accelerate</em></a> of the manual. The
accelerated styles take the same arguments and should produce the same
results, except for round-off and precision issues.</p>
<p>These accelerated styles are part of the USER-CUDA package. They are
only enabled if LAMMPS was built with that package. See the <a class="reference internal" href="Section_start.html#start-3"><span>Making LAMMPS</span></a> section for more info.</p>
<p>You can specify the accelerated styles explicitly in your input script
by including their suffix, or you can use the <a class="reference internal" href="Section_start.html#start-7"><span>-suffix command-line switch</span></a> when you invoke LAMMPS, or you can
use the <a class="reference internal" href="suffix.html"><em>suffix</em></a> command in your input script.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="Section_accelerate.html"><em>Section_accelerate</em></a> of the manual for
more instructions on how to use the accelerated styles effectively.</p>
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<div class="section" id="restart-fix-modify-output-run-start-stop-minimize-info">
<h2>Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info<a class="headerlink" href="#restart-fix-modify-output-run-start-stop-minimize-info" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>No information about this fix is written to <a class="reference internal" href="restart.html"><em>binary restart files</em></a>. None of the <a class="reference internal" href="fix_modify.html"><em>fix_modify</em></a> options
are relevant to this fix.</p>
<p>This fix computes a global 3-vector of forces, which can be accessed
by various <a class="reference internal" href="Section_howto.html#howto-15"><span>output commands</span></a>. This is the
total force on the group of atoms before the forces on individual
atoms are changed by the fix. The vector values calculated by this
fix are &#8220;extensive&#8221;.</p>
<p>No parameter of this fix can be used with the <em>start/stop</em> keywords of
the <a class="reference internal" href="run.html"><em>run</em></a> command.</p>
<p>The forces due to this fix are imposed during an energy minimization,
invoked by the <a class="reference internal" href="minimize.html"><em>minimize</em></a> command, but you cannot set
forces to any value besides zero when performing a minimization. Use
the <a class="reference internal" href="fix_addforce.html"><em>fix addforce</em></a> command if you want to apply a
non-zero force to atoms during a minimization.</p>
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<h2>Restrictions<a class="headerlink" href="#restrictions" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<div>none</div></blockquote>
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<div class="section" id="related-commands">
<h2>Related commands<a class="headerlink" href="#related-commands" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="fix_addforce.html"><em>fix addforce</em></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="fix_aveforce.html"><em>fix aveforce</em></a></p>
<p><strong>Default:</strong> none</p>
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