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6 gmx-angle - Calculate distributions and correlations for angles and
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10 gmx angle [-f [<.xtc/.trr/...>]] [-n [<.ndx>]] [-od [<.xvg>]]
11 [-ov [<.xvg>]] [-of [<.xvg>]] [-ot [<.xvg>]] [-oh [<.xvg>]]
12 [-oc [<.xvg>]] [-or [<.trr>]] [-b <time>] [-e <time>]
13 [-dt <time>] [-[no]w] [-xvg <enum>] [-type <enum>]
14 [-[no]all] [-binwidth <real>] [-[no]periodic]
15 [-[no]chandler] [-[no]avercorr] [-acflen <int>]
16 [-[no]normalize] [-P <enum>] [-fitfn <enum>]
17 [-beginfit <real>] [-endfit <real>]
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20 gmx angle computes the angle distribution for a number of angles or
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23 With option -ov, you can plot the average angle of a group of angles as
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27 With the -of option, gmx angle also calculates the fraction of trans
28 dihedrals (only for dihedrals) as function of time, but this is proba‐
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31 With option -oc, a dihedral correlation function is calculated.
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33 It should be noted that the index file must contain atom triplets for
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37 With option -or, a trajectory file is dumped containing cos and sin of
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39 principal components analysis using gmx covar.
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41 Option -ot plots when transitions occur between dihedral rotamers of
42 multiplicity 3 and -oh records a histogram of the times between such
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49 -f [<.xtc/.trr/…>] (traj.xtc)
50 Trajectory: xtc trr cpt gro g96 pdb tng
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52 -n [<.ndx>] (angle.ndx)
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63 -of [<.xvg>] (dihfrac.xvg) (Optional)
64 xvgr/xmgr file
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67 xvgr/xmgr file
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70 xvgr/xmgr file
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75 -or [<.trr>] (traj.trr) (Optional)
76 Trajectory in portable xdr format
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80 -b <time> (0)
81 Time of first frame to read from trajectory (default unit ps)
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89 -[no]w (no)
90 View output .xvg, .xpm, .eps and .pdb files
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92 -xvg <enum> (xmgrace)
93 xvg plot formatting: xmgrace, xmgr, none
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95 -type <enum> (angle)
96 Type of angle to analyse: angle, dihedral, improper, ryck‐
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99 -[no]all (no)
100 Plot all angles separately in the averages file, in the order of
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103 -binwidth <real> (1)
104 binwidth (degrees) for calculating the distribution
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106 -[no]periodic (yes)
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109 -[no]chandler (no)
110 Use Chandler correlation function (N[trans] = 1, N[gauche] = 0)
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114 -[no]avercorr (no)
115 Average the correlation functions for the individual
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118 -acflen <int> (-1)
119 Length of the ACF, default is half the number of frames
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121 -[no]normalize (yes)
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125 Order of Legendre polynomial for ACF (0 indicates none): 0, 1,
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129 Fit function: none, exp, aexp, exp_exp, exp5, exp7, exp9
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132 Time where to begin the exponential fit of the correlation func‐
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136 Time where to end the exponential fit of the correlation func‐
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140 · Counting transitions only works for dihedrals with multiplicity 3
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