fix enforce2d command — LIGGGHTS v3.X documentation

# fix enforce2d command

## Syntax

    fix ID group-ID enforce2d

- ID, group-ID are documented in fix command
- enforce2d = style name of this fix command

## Examples

    fix 5 all enforce2d

## Description

Zero out the z-dimension velocity and force on each atom in the group. This is useful when running a 2d simulation to insure that atoms do not move from their initial z coordinate.

## Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info

No information about this fix is written to binary restart files. None of the fix_modify options are relevant to this fix. No global or per-atom quantities are stored by this fix for access by various output commands. No parameter of this fix can be used with the start/stop keywords of the run command.

The forces due to this fix are imposed during an energy minimization, invoked by the `minimize` command.

## Restrictions

> none

Related commands: none

Default: none