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Option: shift

Syntax

-shift <shiftdirection> <distance> <axis> <tau1> <tau2>

Description

This option allows to shift a part of the system relatively to the rest along a plane. It is of course practical for building systems typically used to compute generalized stacking fault energies or so-called γ-surfaces.

All atoms that are above (or below) a certain plane along X, Y or Z axis will be shifted along that plane. The command-line parameters of importance are:

Default is <tau1> = <tau2> = 0 (i.e. no shift at all).

Examples

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