Re: [AMBER] GAMESS-US PUNCH file

From: James Kress via AMBER <amber.ambermd.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 19:24:07 -0500

Try asking here:

An independent Google Groups discussion forum exists for GAMESS users.

The group's home page is at: http://groups.google.com/group/gamess


On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM Stefan Ivanov via AMBER <amber.ambermd.org>
wrote:

> Dear Amber users, I am trying to calculate RESP charges with
> antechamber from GAMESS-US output. I see that I need a PUNCH file but I
> have never seen one and have idea what it should look like. The subject
> seems to be poorly documented. antechamber -i test.dat -fi gamess -o
> resp.mol2 -fo mol2 -c resp -eq 2 How can I generate a PUNCH file? What
> should it look like? Can someone please share one with me? This is my input
> to get Mulliken charges from GAMESS. Can someone suggest how I need to edit
> this to get a PUNCH file? Does the extension matter to antechamber - .log
> or .dat? # GAMESS INPUT FILE
> $SYSTEM MEMDDI=400 MWORDS=200 $END
> $CONTRL RELWFN=LUT-IOTC ISPHER=1 SCFTYP=RHF MAXIT=200
> DFTTYP=B3LYP RUNTYP=ENERGY ICHARG=0 MULT=1 $END
> $STATPT NSTEP=1000 $END
> $ELPOT IEPOT=1 WHERE=PDC $END
> $PDC PTSEL=CONNOLLY CONSTR=NONE $END
> $BASIS GBASIS=SPKRDZC $END
> $SCF DIRSCF=.TRUE. $END
> $DATA Cluster/6-31G C1 PT
>
>
>
>
> 78.0
>
> 0.0160321744
> -0.2082819868
> -0.1009437405 CL
>
>
>
>
> 17.0
> -1.6417024430
>
> 1.0103777598
> -1.2164634440 N
>
>
>
>
>
> 7.0
> -1.4166786092
> -1.1690025456
>
> 1.0116726610 CL
>
>
>
>
> 17.0
>
> 1.6725016009
> -1.4400559218
>
> 1.0016891461 N
>
>
>
>
>
> 7.0
>
> 1.4447375448
>
> 0.7532160924
> -1.2170189176 H
>
>
>
>
>
> 1.0
> -1.8522367882
> -0.5228264135
>
> 1.6734346056 H
>
>
>
>
>
> 1.0
> -0.9868294567
> -1.9341716738
>
> 1.5397591238 H
>
>
>
>
>
> 1.0
> -2.1592249953
> -1.5426330450
>
> 0.4163336616 H
>
>
>
>
>
> 1.0
>
> 0.9903508114
>
> 1.3584394432
> -1.9074080925 H
>
>
>
>
>
> 1.0
>
> 2.0433563725
>
> 0.0813681723
> -1.7026474615 H
>
>
>
>
>
> 1.0
>
> 2.0505937885
>
> 1.3258701187
> -0.6251075421
> $END
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