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fix planeforce command

Syntax:

fix ID group-ID planeforce x y z 

Examples:

fix hold boundary planeforce 1.0 0.0 0.0 

Description:

Adjust the forces on each atom in the group so that it's motion will be in the plane specified by the normal vector (x,y,z). This is done by subtracting out components of force perpendicular to the plane.

If the initial velocity of the atom is 0.0 (or in the plane), then it should continue to move in the plane thereafter.

Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info:

No information about this fix is written to binary restart files. None of the fix_modify options are relevant to this fix. No global scalar or vector or per-atom quantities are stored by this fix for access by various output commands. No parameter of this fix can be used with the start/stop keywords of the run command.

The forces due to this fix are imposed during an energy minimization, invoked by the minimize command.

Restrictions: none

Related commands:

fix lineforce

Default: none