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Description: Select the use of interactive mode.  
Description: Select the use of interactive mode.  
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{{TAG|INTERACTIVE|.TRUE.}} enables the interactive mode. The interactive mode is executed by inputting a series of ionic positions (in direct coordinates) into the VASP executable, i.e.:
{{TAG|INTERACTIVE|.TRUE.}} enables the interactive mode. The interactive mode is executed by inputting a series of ionic positions (in fractional/ direct coordinates) into the VASP executable, i.e.:


  vasp_std < POSCAR.interactive
  vasp_std < POSCAR.interactive
{{NB|important|The corresponding {{FILE|POSCAR}} file is required to define the lattice. The calculation will not run without it.}}
{{NB|important|The corresponding {{FILE|POSCAR}} file is required to define the lattice. The first set of positions comes from this, and the calculation will not run without it. After the {{FILE|POSCAR}} structure, the <tt>POSCAR.interactive</tt> structures will be read.}}


The input structure (e.g., <code>POSCAR.interactive</code>, or any other name) is as follows:
The input structure (e.g., <code>POSCAR.interactive</code>, or any other name) is as follows:

Revision as of 09:58, 10 June 2026

INTERACTIVE = [logical]
Default: INTERACTIVE = .FALSE. 

Description: Select the use of interactive mode.


INTERACTIVE = .TRUE. enables the interactive mode. The interactive mode is executed by inputting a series of ionic positions (in fractional/ direct coordinates) into the VASP executable, i.e.:

vasp_std < POSCAR.interactive

The input structure (e.g., POSCAR.interactive, or any other name) is as follows:

  0.51602654  0.60200207  0.48355839
  0.47803882  0.52340268  0.50869036
  0.56717477  0.65578242  0.53100206
  0.45116332  0.63676166  0.43537938
  0.31530340  0.74388198  0.64715720
  0.60071504  0.49851047  0.37872126

  0.44216661  0.56361173  0.52960446
  0.36537533  0.54238027  0.56342416
  0.50398907  0.58877046  0.59064245
  0.43618126  0.61788131  0.46024981
  0.45532341  0.84599587  0.53226938
  0.50724841  0.41695239  0.46229896

  0.53802286  0.56353392  0.51036499
  0.47205503  0.63101620  0.50503092
  0.55908887  0.54004979  0.59586980
  0.61484211  0.57816646  0.45750405
  0.42364771  0.83966876  0.53596644
  0.46803897  0.42328326  0.47142822

with the coordinates of the ions for each structure given, followed by a blank line, then the next structure, etc. These calculations will then be performed on these structures. The number of ionic steps NSW should be set to the number of structures in the POSCAR.interactive file. Mind that POSCAR.interactive is just a dummy name for a file that pipes the structures to the executable.

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