AmoebaInPlaneAngleForce

class simtk.openmm.openmm.AmoebaInPlaneAngleForce(*args)

This class implements an interaction at trigonal centers corresponding to the projected in-plane angle bend energy between four particles. The interaction is defined by a 6th order polynomial in the angle between them. Only the quadratic term is set per-angle. The coefficients of the higher order terms each have a single value that is set globally.

To use it, create an AmoebaInPlaneAngleForce object then call addAngle() once for each angle. After an angle has been added, you can modify its force field parameters by calling setAngleParameters(). This will have no effect on Contexts that already exist unless you call updateParametersInContext().

__init__(self) → AmoebaInPlaneAngleForce

__init__(self, other) -> AmoebaInPlaneAngleForce Create an AmoebaAngleForce.

Methods

__init__(self)	__init__(self, other) -> AmoebaInPlaneAngleForce Create an AmoebaAngleForce.
addAngle(self, particle1, particle2, …)	Add an angle term to the force field.
getAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleCubic(self)	Get the global cubic term
getAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAnglePentic(self)	Get the global pentic term
getAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleQuartic(self)	Get the global quartic term
getAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleSextic(self)	Get the global sextic term
getAngleParameters(self, index)	Get the force field parameters for an angle term.
getForceGroup(self)	Get the force group this Force belongs to.
getNumAngles(self)	Get the number of in-plane angle terms in the potential function
setAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleCubic(self, cubicK)	Set the global cubic term
setAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAnglePentic(self, penticK)	Set the global pentic term
setAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleQuartic(self, …)	Set the global quartic term
setAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleSextic(self, sexticK)	Set the global sextic term
setAngleParameters(self, index, particle1, …)	Set the force field parameters for an angle term.
setForceGroup(self, group)	Set the force group this Force belongs to.
setUsesPeriodicBoundaryConditions(self, periodic)	Set whether this force should apply periodic boundary conditions when calculating displacements.
updateParametersInContext(self, context)	Update the per-angle parameters in a Context to match those stored in this Force object.
usesPeriodicBoundaryConditions(self)	Returns whether or not this force makes use of periodic boundary conditions.

Attributes

thisown

The membership flag

property thisown

The membership flag

getNumAngles(self) → int

Get the number of in-plane angle terms in the potential function

setAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleCubic(self, cubicK)

Set the global cubic term

Parameters

cubicK (double) – the cubic force constant for the angle

getAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleCubic(self) → double

Get the global cubic term

Returns

global cubicK term

Return type

double

setAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleQuartic(self, quarticK)

Set the global quartic term

Parameters

quarticK (double) – the quartic force constant for the angle

getAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleQuartic(self) → double

Get the global quartic term

Returns

global quartic term

Return type

double

setAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAnglePentic(self, penticK)

Set the global pentic term

Parameters

penticK (double) – the pentic force constant for the angle

getAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAnglePentic(self) → double

Get the global pentic term

Returns

global penticK term

Return type

double

setAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleSextic(self, sexticK)

Set the global sextic term

Parameters

sexticK (double) – the sextic force constant for the angle

getAmoebaGlobalInPlaneAngleSextic(self) → double

Get the global sextic term

Returns

global sextic term

Return type

double

addAngle(self, particle1, particle2, particle3, particle4, length, quadraticK) → int

Add an angle term to the force field.

Parameters

• particle1 (int) – the index of the first particle connected by the angle

• particle2 (int) – the index of the second particle connected by the angle

• particle3 (int) – the index of the third particle connected by the angle

• particle4 (int) – the index of the fourth particle connected by the angle

• length (double) – the equilibrium angle, measured in radians

• quadraticK (double) – the quadratic force constant for the angle measured in kJ/mol/radian^2

Returns

the index of the angle that was added

Return type

int

getAngleParameters(self, index)

Get the force field parameters for an angle term.

Parameters

index (int) – the index of the angle for which to get parameters

Returns

• particle1 (int) – the index of the first particle connected by the angle

• particle2 (int) – the index of the second particle connected by the angle

• particle3 (int) – the index of the third particle connected by the angle

• particle4 (int) – the index of the fourth particle connected by the angle

• length (double) – the equilibrium angle, measured in radians

• quadraticK (double) – the quadratic force constant for the angle measured in kJ/mol/radian^2

setAngleParameters(self, index, particle1, particle2, particle3, particle4, length, quadraticK)

Set the force field parameters for an angle term.

Parameters

• index (int) – the index of the angle for which to set parameters

• particle1 (int) – the index of the first particle connected by the angle

• particle2 (int) – the index of the second particle connected by the angle

• particle3 (int) – the index of the third particle connected by the angle

• particle4 (int) – the index of the fourth particle connected by the angle

• length (double) – the equilibrium angle, measured in radians

• quadraticK (double) – the quadratic force constant for the angle, measured in kJ/mol/radian^2

updateParametersInContext(self, context)

Update the per-angle parameters in a Context to match those stored in this Force object. This method provides an efficient method to update certain parameters in an existing Context without needing to reinitialize it. Simply call setAngleParameters() to modify this object’s parameters, then call updateParametersInContext() to copy them over to the Context.

The only information this method updates is the values of per-angle parameters. The set of particles involved in an angle cannot be changed, nor can new angles be added.

setUsesPeriodicBoundaryConditions(self, periodic)

Set whether this force should apply periodic boundary conditions when calculating displacements. Usually this is not appropriate for bonded forces, but there are situations when it can be useful.

usesPeriodicBoundaryConditions(self) → bool

Returns whether or not this force makes use of periodic boundary conditions.

Returns

true if force uses PBC and false otherwise

Return type

bool

__copy__(self) → Force

getForceGroup(self) → int

Get the force group this Force belongs to.

setForceGroup(self, group)

Set the force group this Force belongs to.

Parameters

group (int) – the group index. Legal values are between 0 and 31 (inclusive).