biotite.structure.dihedral

biotite.structure.dihedral(atoms1, atoms2, atoms3, atoms4, box=None)[source]

Measure the dihedral angle between 4 atoms.

Parameters
atoms1, atoms2, atoms3, atoms4ndarray or Atom or AtomArray or AtomArrayStack

The atoms to measure the dihedral angle between. Alternatively an ndarray containing the coordinates can be provided.

boxndarray, shape=(3,3) or shape=(m,3,3), optional

If this parameter is set, periodic boundary conditions are taken into account (minimum-image convention), based on the box vectors given with this parameter. The shape (m,3,3) is only allowed, when the input coordinates comprise multiple models.

Returns
dihedfloat or ndarray

The dihedral angle(s) between the atoms. The shape is equal to the shape of the input atoms with the highest dimensionality minus the last axis.