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I have a question regarding the generation of k_points for band plots. My cell is cubic and defined via ibrav=1 and a=5.90.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then I perform scf, nscf, bands calculation using pw.x, run band.x and plotbands to get eventually the pdf.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, when I design the k path to be<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I get only 5 ¡°vertical lines¡± in the pdf. Did I Miss something or is it not possible to choose an arbitrary path through the BZ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yours,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chris <o:p></o:p></p>
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