Question about LAMMPS

Hi LAMMPS users,

I have a question. Is normal that LAMMPS take much time to create and / or delete atoms? When I create a spherical region a fill it with atoms, it takes few seconds but when I try to do:

region box block -100.0 100.0 -100.0 100.0 -100.0 100.0
region sphere sphere 0 0 0 10
create_box 2 box
create_atoms 1 box
delete_atoms region sphere
create_atoms 2 region sphere

I wait a long time a nothings happens.

Hi LAMMPS users,

I have a question. Is normal that LAMMPS take much time to create and / or
delete atoms? When I create a spherical region a fill it with atoms, it

that depends on how many.

takes few seconds but when I try to do:

your spherical region is small, your block is very large. have your
checked that the machine you are running on is not running out of RAM
and starts swapping.

region box block -100.0 100.0 -100.0 100.0 -100.0 100.0
region sphere sphere 0 0 0 10
create_box 2 box
create_atoms 1 box
delete_atoms region sphere
create_atoms 2 region sphere

this input is incomplete. when i add a lattice definition it works for me.

I wait a long time a nothings happens.

something *does* happen, you probably don't notice it.

also, when reporting problems you should *always* quote the version of
LAMMPS you are using and the platform you are running on.

axel.