VOLUME

This is part of the colvar module

Calculate the volume of the simulation box.

Examples

The following input tells plumed to print the volume of the system

Click on the labels of the actions for more information on what each action computes

vol: VOLUME The VOLUME action with label vol calculates a single scalar value
PRINT 
ARG
compulsory keyword 
the labels of the values that you would like to print to the file 
=vol The PRINT action with label 

Glossary of keywords and components

Description of components

By default the value of the calculated quantity can be referenced elsewhere in the input file by using the label of the action. Alternatively this Action can be used to calculate the following quantities by employing the keywords listed below. These quantities can be referenced elsewhere in the input by using this Action's label followed by a dot and the name of the quantity required from the list below.

Quantity	Description
.#!value	the volume of simulation box

Options

NUMERICAL_DERIVATIVES

( default=off ) calculate the derivatives for these quantities numerically