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<div class="section" id="dimension-command">
<span id="index-0"></span><h1>dimension command</h1>
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">dimension</span> <span class="n">N</span>
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<li>N = 2 or 3</li>
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<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">dimension</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
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<h2>Description</h2>
<p>Set the dimensionality of the simulation. By default LAMMPS runs 3d
simulations. To run a 2d simulation, this command should be used
prior to setting up a simulation box via the
<a class="reference internal" href="create_box.html"><span class="doc">create_box</span></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="read_data.html"><span class="doc">read_data</span></a> commands.
Restart files also store this setting.</p>
<p>See the discussion in <a class="reference internal" href="Section_howto.html"><span class="doc">Section_howto</span></a> for
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<p class="last">Some models in LAMMPS treat particles as finite-size spheres or
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<p><a class="reference internal" href="fix_enforce2d.html"><span class="doc">fix enforce2d</span></a></p>
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<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">dimension</span> <span class="mi">3</span>
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