On Thu, Sep 26, 2002, dianah_at_unm.edu wrote:
> 
> we used the solvate cap command to solvate a sphere of 30 Angstroms of 
> water around the region of interest of our large DNA-protein system. Is 
> it possible to run a constant pressure equilibration run with a 
> solvated cap? That is, will the radius(volume) of the solvated cap 
> adjust to achieve a constant pressure, or is the radius of the solvated 
> cap fixed?
> 
No, the cap radius is fixed (unless you adjust it yourself, manually, as the
simulation proceeds.)  Since your model is a droplet of water, surrounded
by vacuum, it is not clear in this case what "constant pressure" would mean in
any case.
..hope this helps...dac
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