Sorry Gerhard,
I cannot reproduce that.
structgen of w2web does not change the positions in my version.

Regards
Peter

Am 10.06.2025 um 11:17 schrieb Fecher, Gerhard:
Dear Peter,
I found a problem in W2WEB StructGen with hexagonal structures (166_R-3m)

The structure was read in with P1 from a cif file and the symmetry was set by 
sgroup,
the resulting structure file was:
     Structure from sgroup ==> Cu2MnAl_hex.struct_before

This structure runs without any problems and is correct when viewing it with 
XCrysden.
(as it is a subgroup of 225, the results are the same besides some numerical 
uncertainties)

To change c/a the structure I wanted to use StructGen in W2Web
However, struct.pl from ...../Wien2k/Wien2k/SRC_w2web/libs changed the 
positions of the atoms
to be the same (0,0,0) such that it could not longer be used.

This appears already without any changes of the structure after Save Structure
as is seen in:
     Structure after StructGen: edit STRUCT file / Save Structure ==> 
Cu2MnAl_hex.struct_after

I do not see why it changes the Wyckoff positions from 1b or 2c to 1a (0,0,0 
independent on axis choice)
Even more confusing: if the POS 1 is 0, 0, 0, then there should not be a 
position POS 2
in rhombohedral coordinates only Wyckoff position c has a twofold multipicity
(Indeed in hexagonal coordinates one has for a,b,c a 3 fold multiplicity)

It seems that struct.pl is doing something wrong. Bug or feature ?

For the future it might be more comfortable to distinguish the two set-ups of 
spgr 166 and the respective Wyckoff positions.
(01 Hexagonal, 02 Rhombohedral Axes according to the International Tables 
Volume A)
and also similar ones

Ciao
Gerhard

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"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you,
is that you have never actually known what the question is."

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Dr. Gerhard H. Fecher
Institut of Physics
Johannes Gutenberg - University
55099 Mainz


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