CCL: PESscan



 Sent to CCL by: Peter Burger [burger+*+chemie.uni-hamburg.de]
 Dear Alcides,
 
you are certainly right - the way you proposed is for sure better. The problem I encountered however, was that if one was approaching for instance linear structures with less well defined coordinates, each of the geometry points in this range was taking "for ever" in that the "loose" keyword was the way to go.
 Regards.
 Peter
 Alcides Simao alsimao{=}gmail.com schrieb:
 
 Dear Alexandra,
 Yes, you can do PES of uni, bi, tri,
 'all-that-your-cpu-can-hold-as-long-as-it-doesn't-bust' dimensions ;)
 Just be careful with the parameters you use to make the relaxed PES.
 Peter mencioned also the use of the opt=loose for when some optimizations get
 stuck. It's a way of working, although I use a different approach. I reoptimize
 points that don't converge in a solo calculation, with the same converge
 criteria, for a longer time. IMHO, I get a tidier PES scan! Nevertheless, I will
 not dare to say that Peter way of working isn't correct - I just don't use it.
 Loose criteria means a less demanding convergence tolerance. But I'll try to use
 his way just to compare with mine, and see what I get.
 Best Regards,
 Alcides
 
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