[Wien] 'symmetry' in 12.1

Laurence Marks L-marks at northwestern.edu
Thu Sep 20 23:09:36 CEST 2012


Nice catch.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Gavin Abo <gsabo at crimson.ua.edu> wrote:
> In the directory with the struct file, run in a terminal:
>
> x patchsymm
>
> You can rename "case.struct_new" to "case.struct" and use it. Compare
> the old and new "case.struct".  You should see that it corrects for example:
>
> ATOM   3: X=0.16666666 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.49999999
>
> to
>
> ATOM   3: X=0.16666666 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.50000000
>
> On 9/20/2012 2:33 PM, Parker, David S. wrote:
>> I see this same error frequently and simply run init for these cases using
>> the 10 version, this can then be run on scf with the 12 version.  It tends
>> to show up in supercell type calculations.  All the best, David Parker
>>
>> On 9/20/12 4:16 PM, "Stefaan Cottenier" <Stefaan.Cottenier at UGent.be> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear wien2k community,
>>>
>>> I run into problems with the symmetry program in version 12.1.
>>> Hereafter, you'll find a case.struct (a 3x1x1 ZnO supercell with one Mg
>>> impurity at a Zn site) which was produced by 'x supercell' and treated
>>> by 'x sgroup'.
>>>
>>> In version 12.1, this structure file produces error messages in
>>> case.outputs:
>>>
>>>   ---------- ERROR ------------------
>>>   ERROR: (multiplicity of atom           9 )*(number of
>>> pointgroup-operations)
>>>   ERROR: is NOT = (number of spacegroup-operations)
>>>   ERROR: MULT:           1  ISYM:           1  NSYM           2
>>>   ERROR: Check your struct file with    x sgroup
>>>   ---------- ERROR ------------------
>>>
>>> There is no suspicious message in the compile.msg for symmetry, and no
>>> other warnings or errors are produced.
>>>
>>> The same case.struct runs fine in 10.1, and produces a 'negative
>>> position in rstruc -- please report' message in version 11.1.
>>>
>>> Does someone get similar problems with this case.struct and wien2k 12.1?
>>> Or is it due to a local installation problem?
>>>
>>> The file hereafter is the smallest one I could find that gives this
>>> problem. Put it in an empty directory, run 'x symmetry' and inspect
>>> case.outputs -- that should produce the error (if at all).
>>>
>>> Thanks for testing,
>>> Stefaan
>>>
>>> blebleble
>>> CXZ LATTICE,NONEQUIV.ATOMS: 12 8 Cm
>>> MODE OF CALC=RELA unit=bohr
>>>   31.911957 33.394298  6.141459 90.000000 90.000000162.864562
>>> ATOM   1: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.00000000
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> Mg1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=   1.76      Z: 12.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM   2: X=0.55555555 Y=0.50000000 Z=0.50000000
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> Zn1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=   1.87      Z: 30.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM   3: X=0.16666666 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.49999999
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> Zn2        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=   1.87      Z: 30.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM   4: X=0.72222222 Y=0.50000000 Z=0.00000000
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> Zn3        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=   1.87      Z: 30.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM   5: X=0.33333333 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.00000000
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> Zn4        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=   1.87      Z: 30.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM   6: X=0.88888889 Y=0.50000000 Z=0.50000001
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> Zn5        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=   1.87      Z: 30.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM   7: X=0.38190000 Y=0.38190000 Z=0.00000000
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> O 1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT=   1.66      Z:  8.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM   8: X=0.93745555 Y=0.88190000 Z=0.50000000
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> O 2        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT=   1.66      Z:  8.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM   9: X=0.54856666 Y=0.38190000 Z=0.49999999
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> O 3        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT=   1.66      Z:  8.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM  10: X=0.10412222 Y=0.88190000 Z=0.00000000
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> O 4        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT=   1.66      Z:  8.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM  11: X=0.71523333 Y=0.38190000 Z=0.00000000
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> O 5        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT=   1.66      Z:  8.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>> ATOM  12: X=0.27078889 Y=0.88190000 Z=0.50000001
>>>            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=15
>>> O 6        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT=   1.66      Z:  8.0
>>> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>>>                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>>>     2      NUMBER OF SYMMETRY OPERATIONS
>>>   1 0 0 0.00000000
>>>   0 1 0 0.00000000
>>>   0 0 1 0.00000000
>>>         1
>>>   1 0 0 0.00000000
>>>   0 1 0 0.00000000
>>>   0 0-1 0.00000000
>>>         2
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