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1Constraint optimization
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4This input runs 4 calculations on the water molecule. In all 4 calculations
5one OH bond length is constraint, the other one is optimized as well as the
6bond angle. However the geometries are specified slightly differently:
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8h2o_c1: The symmetry option is used to turn all symmetry off.
9 The resulting calculation works as it should.
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11h2o_c2v: The input geometry is symmetric but the constraint is asymmetric
12 and autosym is not turned off.
13 The code now correctly finds Cs symmetry and completes the
14 optimization is performed correctly.
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16h2o_cs: The input geometry is asymmetric otherwise everything is the same
17 as with the h2o_c2v geometry.
18 The resulting calculation correctly sees the two bondlengths as
19 different and applies the constraints in the correct way.
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21h2o_cart: The input geometry is specified using Cartesian coordinates and
22 the constraints are imposed using the geometry adjust; zcoord;
23 mechanism.
24 The code detects Cs symmetry correctly also in this case and
25 completes the geometry optimization correctly.
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27If correct then all four calculations should arrive at the same answer,
28following the same optimization path. Making the auto-symmetry code aware
29of any constraints on the geometry fixed the optimization problems we had
30before.
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