Basis projection
Clicked A Few Times
10:12:11 AM PDT - Fri, Sep 13th 2013
Dear all,
as I found problems in converging calculations with big molecules, I first
performed a run with a small basis (sto-3g). I achieved convergence, but now I need
to restart and project the old vectors onto a larger basis set (ahlrics_vtz).
It is not clear to me which form of the input file is needed. E.g.:

basis
 * ahlrics_vtz
end

dft 
 vectors input project "sto-3g" small.movecs output large.movecs
...
end
task dft

doesn't work.
Thanks to all
Alessandro

Forum Vet
11:23:59 AM PDT - Fri, Sep 13th 2013
Alessandro,
We just had a very similar question in another section
http://nwchemgit.github.io/Special_AWCforum/sp/id3547

Here is the same case modified along the lines of your example


start he

geometry
 he 0 0 0
 symmetry oh
end

basis small
 * library sto-3g
end
basis large
 * library ahlrichs_vtz
end

set "ao basis" small
dft
 vectors input atomic output small.mos
end
task dft  

set "ao basis" large
dft
 vectors input project small small.mos output large.mos
end
task dft

Clicked A Few Times
8:56:02 AM PDT - Sat, Sep 14th 2013
restart and project
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't want to start a new calculation,
I want to restart from a previously converged run...
Any suggestion?

Clicked A Few Times
8:56:04 AM PDT - Sat, Sep 14th 2013
restart and project
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't want to start a new calculation,
I want to restart from a previously converged run...
Any suggestion?

Forum Vet
8:59:46 AM PDT - Mon, Sep 16th 2013
Alessandro,
Here is an input that should help you to start from existing movecs (referenced as oldrun.mos in the following input file) 
start he

geometry
 he 0 0 0
 symmetry oh
end

basis small
 * library sto-3g
end
basis large
 * library ahlrichs_vtz
end
#I am assuming the molecular orbitals from the previous run are called oldrun.mos
set "ao basis" small
dft
 vectors input oldrun.mos output small.mos
 noscf
end
task dft  

set "ao basis" large
dft
 vectors input project small small.mos output large.mos
end
task dft

Clicked A Few Times
12:19:41 PM PDT - Sun, Oct 13th 2013
Problems with restart
Dear NWChem users and developers,
I am trying to restart an old job and project onto a new larger basis set.
However, I have problems in loading the old vectors. Here is the error message:

!! nbf/nmo/basis-name mismatch
          nbf=1114 nbf_file=1097

          nmo=1114nmo_file=1097

          basis="small" basis_file="ao basis"



 Either an incorrect movecs file was

specified, or linear dependence has changed,

 or the basis name was changed.



Loading old vectors from job with title :

Cr7Ni2Cu LDA primo tentativo di convergenza


 Load of old vectors failed.   Forcing atomic density guess


I also attach the input:

basis small
 * library sto-3g
end

basis large
  • library ahlrichs_vdz
end

set "ao basis" small

dft
 vectors input old.movecs output small.movecs

 noscf

 cgmin

 rodft

 mult 2
end
task dft

set "ao basis" large

dft
 grid fine

 vectors input project small small.movecs output proj.movecs

 print "final vectors"

 iterations 100

 cgmin

 rodft

 mult 2
end

task dft

Any suggestion?
Thanks to everybody
Alessandro

Forum Vet
10:27:36 AM PDT - Mon, Oct 14th 2013
Please include the full input file


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