<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Prof. Marks,<br><br></div>I read your optimization notes for orthorhombic cell and tried to optimize an orthorhombic cell but I could not obtain an optimization plot. <br></div><br><br></div>So I am following the standard procedure as below taken from your suggestion in the mailing list <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/msg06932.html" target="_blank">https://www.mail-archive.com/<wbr>wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.<wbr>at/msg06932.html</a>) and have a queries:</div><div><br></div><div>The procedure is a four-step task what I am following:</div><div><br></div><div>The original lattice parameters were: a, b, c=16.763005, 24.803600, 16.320431 >> vol 6785.64777697697 bohr^3.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>1.  VARY C/A RATIO with CONSTANT VOLUME and B/A (orthorh lattice)<br><br></div>getting below optimized data: <br> =============================<wbr>=============================<br>Lowest point on X-axis is = -1.615800<br>Minimum value of B/A is =    1.455755<br>Minimum value of ENE is =  -339059.104498 Ry<br> =============================<wbr>=============================<br>Value of A is =    16.85428 bohr ;   8.91890 Ang<br>Value of B is =    24.53569 bohr ;  12.98373 Ang<br>Value of C is =    16.40929 bohr ;   8.68342 Ang<br> =============================<wbr>=============================<br>Initial value of B/A is =         1.479663<br>Conv. Unit Cell Vol = 6785.7557 bohr^3 ; **********Ang^<br> <br></div><br></div>2. Volume optimization using option 1 in "x optimize" and then calculating new volume from eplot option.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Query: Step two is giving optimized volume but I do not know how to calculate lattices parameters from a single volume <br></div><div>value for the next step "VARY C/A RATIO with CONSTANT VOLUME and B/A (orthorh lattice)"?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The original cell volume and lattice parameters are mentioned at the beginning.</div><div><br></div><div>and the new volume from step two is: 6815.3427 bohr^3</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The above same query is for the remaining process:</div><div><br></div><div>3. optimization of C/A <br></div><div><br></div><div>4. optimization of V.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*5 At the final step I will do structural relaxation (min_.....).<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Could you please advice me how to proceed?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Bhamu<br></div><div><div><br><br><div><br><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>