#!/bin/sh # First we calculate the charges for a system # Here we use the dftb engine, but any engine can be used for this purpose export AMS_JOBNAME=CalculateCharges rm -rf $AMS_JOBNAME.results $AMSBIN/ams << eor Task SinglePoint Properties Charges=yes System Atoms C 0.0 0.0 0.0 O 1.13 0.0 0.0 C 0.0 0.0 2.0 O 1.13 0.0 2.0 End End Engine DFTB EndEngine eor # let us first optimize without charges export AMS_JOBNAME=DoNotUseCharges rm -rf $AMS_JOBNAME.results $AMSBIN/ams << eor Task GeometryOptimization GeometryOptimization Convergence Step=1.0e-3 End System Atoms C 0.0 0.0 0.0 O 1.13 0.0 0.0 C 0.0 0.0 2.1 O 1.13 0.0 1.9 End End Engine ForceField EndEngine eor # Now that we have charges from our previous fancy calculation, let us use them for a UFF geometry optimization # * The name of the file depends on the engine used (in this case dftb.rkf) # * The geometry does not need to be the same export AMS_JOBNAME=LoadCharges rm -rf $AMS_JOBNAME.results $AMSBIN/ams << eor Task GeometryOptimization GeometryOptimization Convergence Step=1.0e-3 End System Atoms C 0.0 0.0 0.0 O 1.13 0.0 0.0 C 0.0 0.0 2.1 O 1.13 0.0 1.9 End End Engine ForceField Verbosity Verbose LoadCharges File=CalculateCharges.results/dftb.rkf EndEngine eor # Finally let us use the charge guessing, by default dftb is used for charge guessing export AMS_JOBNAME=GuessCharges rm -rf $AMS_JOBNAME.results $AMSBIN/ams << eor Task GeometryOptimization GeometryOptimization Convergence Step=1.0e-3 End System Atoms C 0.0 0.0 0.0 O 1.13 0.0 0.0 C 0.0 0.0 2.1 O 1.13 0.0 1.9 End End Engine ForceField Verbosity Verbose GuessCharges True EndEngine eor