On Mar 19, 7:38am, Soumya S. Patnaik MLPJ UTC wrote:
> Subject: rigid body minimization
>> Dear X-plor users,
>> I am a new user and am having some difficulty in finding a suitable
> 'drop' value to be used in Rigid body minimization. The manual says that it
is
> the expected drop in energy but as far as I can see, it is not that simple.
> The initial step size seems to be equal to {drop value}/{E total **2}.
> Is there a rule of thumb about appropriate drop values? Thanks in advance.
>> Soumya Patnaik
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