Axel Kohlmeyer is the current maintainer of the msi2lmp tool. Please send any inquiries about msi2lmp to the lammps-users mailing list.

26 Oct 2013 Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>

Implemented writing out force field style hints in generated data files for improved consistency checking when reading those files. Also added writing out CGCMM style comments to identify atom types.

08 Oct 2013 Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>

Fixed a memory access violation with Class 2 force fields. Free all allocated memory to better detection of memory errors. Print out version number and data with all print levels > 0. Added valgrind checks to the regression tests

02 Aug 2013 Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>

Added rudimentary support for OPLS-AA based on input provided by jeff greathouse.

18 Jul 2013 Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>

Added support for writing out image flags Improved accuracy of atom masses Added flag for shifting the entire system Fixed some minor logic bugs and prepared for supporting other force fields and morse style bonds.

12 Jul 2013 Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>

Fixed the bug that caused improper coefficients to be wrong Cleaned up the handling of box parameters and center the box by default around the system/molecule. Added a flag to make this step optional and center the box around the origin instead. Added a regression test script with examples.

1 Jul 2013 Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>

Cleanup and improved port to windows. Removed some more static string limits. Added print level 3 for additional output. Make code stop at missing force field parameters and added -i flag to override this. Safer argument checking. Provide short versions for all flags.

23 Sep 2011

added support for triclinic boxes see msi2lmp/TriclinicModification.pdf doc for details

msi2lmp V3.6 4/10/2005

This program uses the .car and .mdf files from MSI/Biosyms's INSIGHT program to produce a LAMMPS data file.

1. Building msi2lmp3
   
   Use the Makefile in the src directory. It is currently set up for gcc. You will have to modify it to use a different compiler.
2. Testing the program
   
   There are several pairs of input test files in the format generated by materials studio or compatible programs (one .car and one .mdf file each) in the test directory. There is also a LAMMPS input to run a minimization for each and write out the resulting system as a data file. With the runtests.sh script all of those inputs are converted via msi2lmp, then the minimization with LAMMPS is run and the generated data files are compared with the corresponding files in the reference folder. This script assumes you are on a unix/linux system and that you have compile a serial LAMMPS executable called lmp_serial with make serial. The tests are groups by the force fields they use.
3. To run the program
   
   The program is started by supplying information at the command prompt according to the usage described below.
   
   USAGE: msi2lmp.exe <ROOTNAME> {-print #} {-class #} {-frc FRC_FILE} {-ignore} {-nocenter} {-shift # # #}
   • msi2lmp.exe is the name of the executable
   • <ROOTNAME> is the base name of the .car and .mdf files
   • -2001 Output lammps files for LAMMPS version 2001 (F90 version) Default is to write output for the C++ version of LAMMPS
   • -print (or -p)
   • is the print level 0 - silent except for error messages

	                       1 - minimal (default)
                               2 - verbose (usual for developing and
                                   checking new data files for consistency)
                               3 - even more verbose (additional debug info)

   -- -ignore (or -i)     ignore errors about missing force field parameters
                          and treat them as warnings instead.

   -- -nocenter (or -n)   do not recenter the simulation box around the
                          geometrical center of the provided geometry but
                          rather around the origin

   -- -shift (or -s)      translate the entire system (box and coordinates)
                          by a vector (default: 0.0 0.0 0.0)

   -- -class  (or -c)
        # is the class of forcefield to use (I  or 1 = Class I e.g., CVFF)
                                            (O  or 0 = OPLS-AA)
                                            (II or 2 = Class II e.g., CFFx)
        default is -class I

   -- -frc    (or -f) specifies name of the forcefield file (e.g., cff91)
 
     If the file name includes a directory component (or drive letter 
     on Windows), then the name is used as is. Otherwise, the program
     looks for the forcefield file in $MSI2LMP_LIBRARY (or %MSI2LMP_LIBRARY%
     on Windows). If $MSI2LMP_LIBRARY is not set, ../frc_files is used
     (for testing). If the file name does not end in .frc, then .frc
     is appended to the name.

     For example,  -frc cvff (assumes cvff.frc is in $MSI2LMP_LIBRARY
                              or ../frc_files)

                   -frc cff/cff91 (assumes cff91.frc is in cff)

                   -frc /usr/local/forcefields/cff95
                       (assumes cff95.frc is in /usr/local/forcefields/)

     By default, the program uses $MSI2LMP_LIBRARY/cvff.frc  or
      ../frc_files/cvff.frc depending on whether MSI2LMP_LIBRARY is set.

  -- the LAMMPS data file is written to <ROOTNAME>.data
     protocol and error information is written to the screen.

• Msi2lmp3 *
• This is the third version of a program that generates a LAMMPS
• data file based on the information in MSI .car (atom
• coordinates), .mdf (molecular topology) and .frc (forcefield)
• files. The .car and .mdf files are specific to a molecular
• system while the .frc file is specific to a forcefield version.
• The only coherency needed between .frc and .car/.mdf files are
• the atom types. *
• The first version was written by Steve Lustig at Dupont, but
• required using Discover to derive internal coordinates and
• forcefield parameters *
• The second version was written by Michael Peachey while an
• intern in the Cray Chemistry Applications Group managed
• by John Carpenter. This version derived internal coordinates
• from the mdf file and looked up parameters in the frc file
• thus eliminating the need for Discover. *
• The third version was written by John Carpenter to optimize
• the performance of the program for large molecular systems
• (the original code for deriving atom numbers was quadratic in time)
• and to make the program fully dynamic. The second version used
• fixed dimension arrays for the internal coordinates. *
• The current maintainer is only reluctantly doing so because John Mayo no longer
• needs this code. *
• V3.2 corresponds to adding code to MakeLists.c to gracefully deal with
• systems that may only be molecules of 1 to 3 atoms. In V3.1, the values
• for number_of_dihedrals, etc. could be unpredictable in these systems. *
• V3.3 was generated in response to a strange error reading a MDF file generated by
• Accelys' Materials Studio GUI. Simply rewriting the input part of ReadMdfFile.c
• seems to have fixed the problem. *
• V3.4 and V3.5 are minor upgrades to fix bugs associated mostly with .car and .mdf files
• written by Accelys' Materials Studio GUI. *
• V3.6 outputs to LAMMPS 2005 (C++ version). *
• Contact: Kelly L. Anderson, kelly.anderson@cantab.net
• April 2005