.. tip:: The solvent model XML files included under the :file:`amber14/` directory
.. tip:: The solvent model XML files included under the :file:`amber14/` directory
include both water *and* ions compatible with that water model, so if you
include both water *and* ions compatible with that water model, so if you
mistakenly specify :file:`tip3p.xml` instead of :file:`amber14/tip3p.xml`,
mistakenly specify :file:`tip3p.xml` instead of :file:`amber14/tip3p.xml`,
you run the risk of neglecting critical parameters for ions in your system.
you run the risk of having :class:`ForceField` throw an exception since
:file:`tip3p.xml` will be missing parameters for ions in your system.
The converted parameter sets come from the `AmberTools 17 release <http://ambermd.org/AmberTools17-get.html>`_
The converted parameter sets come from the `AmberTools 17 release <http://ambermd.org/AmberTools17-get.html>`_
and were converted using the `openmm-forcefields <https://github.com/choderalab/openmm-forcefields>`_ package and `parmed <https://github.com/parmed/parmed>`_.
and were converted using the `openmm-forcefields <https://github.com/choderalab/openmm-forcefields>`_ package and `ParmEd <https://github.com/parmed/parmed>`_.
CHARMM36
CHARMM36
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The file :file:`charmm36.xml` bundles everything but the water and ions into a single
The file :file:`charmm36.xml` bundles everything but the water and ions into a single
file. In most cases, you can simply include that file, plus one of the water models,
file. In most cases, you can simply include that file, plus one of the water models,
such as :file:`charmm36/tip4pew.xml` for the TIP4P-Ew water model\ :cite:`Horn2004`:
such as :file:`charmm36/water.xml`, which specifies the default CHARMM water model
(a modified version of TIP3P\ :cite:`Jorgensen1983`) and ions: