Dear all,<br>               I have a problem in restarting the optimization job. For illustrating this, i have taken simple input file which runs faster (within a minute). <br>Initially, geometry optimization is performed by fixing atomic positions of  few atoms and then, do optimization with no constraints. <br>
For restarting the job, i have set the following keywords as follows :<br><br> %MOTION%CONSTRINTS to OFF and    %EXT_RESTART%RESTART_CONSTRAINT  F, <br><br>But, still atoms are under constraint. Am i doing anything wrong in restarting the job ?<br>
<br>(Files are enclosed if you want to re-run the job)<br><br><br>I have fixed the position of atom 1.   <br><br><br>&GLOBAL<br>  PROJECT H2O-fixed<br>  RUN_TYPE GEO_OPT<br>  PRINT_LEVEL LOW<br>&END GLOBAL<br><br>
&EXT_RESTART<br>    RESTART_FILE_NAME  H2O-fixed-1.restart<br><b>    RESTART_CONSTRAINT F</b><br>&END EXT_RESTART<br><br><br>&MOTION<br>  &GEO_OPT <br>    RMS_FORCE  1.0D-6  <br>    MAX_ITER   4 <br>  &END<br>
  &CONSTRAINT <b>OFF </b><br>    &FIXED_ATOMS<br>      LIST 1<br>    &END FIXED_ATOMS<br>  &END CONSTRAINT<br>  &PRINT<br>    &STRUCTURE_DATA<br>      POSITION 1<br>      POSITION 2<br>      POSITION 3<br>
    &END STRUCTURE_DATA<br>  &END PRINT<br>&END MOTION<br>&FORCE_EVAL<br>  METHOD QS<br>  &DFT<br>    BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_SET<br>    POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME POTENTIAL<br>    &MGRID<br>      CUTOFF 200<br>
    &END MGRID<br>    &QS<br>      EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-8<br>      EXTRAPOLATION use_prev_p<br>    &END QS<br>    &SCF<br>      EPS_SCF 1.0E-5<br>      SCF_GUESS ATOMIC<br>    &END SCF<br>    &XC<br>      &XC_FUNCTIONAL Pade<br>
      &END XC_FUNCTIONAL<br>    &END XC<br>  &END DFT<br>  &SUBSYS<br>    &CELL<br>      ABC 5.0 5.0 5.0<br>    &END CELL<br>    &COORD<br>    O   0.000000    0.000000   -0.065587<br>    H   0.000000   -0.757136    0.520545<br>
    H   0.000000    0.757136    0.520545<br>    &END COORD<br>    &KIND H<br>      BASIS_SET DZV-GTH-PADE<br>      POTENTIAL GTH-PADE-q1<br>    &END KIND<br>    &KIND O<br>      BASIS_SET DZVP-GTH-PADE<br>
      POTENTIAL GTH-PADE-q6<br>    &END KIND<br>    &PRINT<br>      &STRUCTURE_DATA<br>        POSITION 1<br>        POSITION 2<br>        POSITION 3<br>        DISTANCE 1 2<br>        DISTANCE 1 3<br>        ANGLE 2 1 3<br>
      &END STRUCTURE_DATA<br>    &END PRINT<br>  &END SUBSYS<br>&END FORCE_EVAL<br><br><br><br><br>H2O-fixed-pos-1.xyz file : <br><br><b>With constraint :</b><br><br>       3<br> i =        1, E =       -17.1523810980<br>
  O         0.0000000000        0.0000000000       -0.0655870000<br>  H         0.0000000011       -0.7636945745        0.5251374879<br>  H         0.0000000009        0.7636945752        0.5251374874<br>       3<br> i =        1, E =       -17.1523810980<br>
  O         0.0000000000        0.0000000000       -0.0655870000<br>  H         0.0000000011       -0.7636945745        0.5251374879<br>  H         0.0000000009        0.7636945752        0.5251374874<br>       3<br> i =        2, E =       -17.1524730195<br>
  O         0.0000000000        0.0000000000       -0.0655870000<br>  H         0.0000000032       -0.7691426930        0.5290280193<br>  H         0.0000000025        0.7691426947        0.5290280176<br><br><br><br><b>After removing constraint :</b><br>
<br>      3<br> i =        3, E =       -17.1524733267<br>  O         0.0000000000        0.0000000000       -0.0655870000<br>  H         0.0000000044       -0.7692971251        0.5292081412<br>  H         0.0000000034        0.7692971274        0.5292081389<br>
       3<br> i =        4, E =       -17.1524734666<br>  O         0.0000000000        0.0000000000       -0.0655870000<br>  H         0.0000000071       -0.7694391730        0.5294545586<br>  H         0.0000000055        0.7694391765        0.5294545548<br>
<br><br>Thanks in advance for your suggestions.<br><br><br>Regards,<br>Sandeep <br><br><br><br><br><br>