Re: [Pw_forum] Question on Estimated SCF Accuracy

2016-06-12 Thread Giuseppe Mattioli
Dear user Please sign always your posts to the forum with name and scientific affiliation. Yes, you are wasting your time and your calculation is likely never going to converge. Impossible to say more without seeing more details of your input file. HTH Giuseppe Quoting Jon G

[Pw_forum] Question on Estimated SCF Accuracy

2016-06-11 Thread Jon G
I have a rather large unit cell(160 atoms that take up the entirety of the space - symmetry doesn't let me shrink the cell as far as I know)... My question is: Should scf accuracy be going down with each iteration? I don't have much experience on large systems and I'm wondering if I'm wasting my