Hello!

I tried a simulation of a gold nanorod with size 41.1nm X 14.3nm (SHPAR1=26.8, SHPAR=14.3) with shape file: Cylinder with End-Caps. 

But it crushed every time at the very beginning.

The crush log is as following:

>>>>> FATAL ERROR IN PROCEDURE: EXTEND
>>>>>  need to change MXNX,MXNY,MXNZ in DDSCAT and recompile
>>>>> EXECUTION ABORTED

And the last part of the output log is as following:

>TARGET: Cyl.prism, NAT=   5932 NFAC= 164 NLAY=  27 asp.ratio= 1.8685      
           5932 = NAT0 = number of dipoles in target
 >DDSCAT returned from TARGET:                                                 
 >DDSCAT : dimensions of physical target                                       
 >DDSCAT     -6    34 = min, max values of JX                                  
 >DDSCAT     -6     7 = min, max values of JY                                  
 >DDSCAT     -6     7 = min, max values of JZ                                  
 >DDSCAT  -14.00000  -0.50000  -0.50000 = X0(1-3)                              
 >DDSCAT  --- physical extent of target volume (occupied sites) ---            
 >DDSCAT    -20.50000    20.50000 = min, max values of x/d                     
 >DDSCAT     -7.00000     7.00000 = min, max values of y/d                     
 >DDSCAT     -7.00000     7.00000 = min, max values of z/d                     
 >EXTEND target extent in x,y,z directions =   41,   14,   14 (in Target Frame)
 >EXTEND: Fatal error after extending target!:
          Extended target extent in x,y,z directions =   45,   15,   15
          exceeds dimension limits MXNX,MXNY,MXNZ=   42,   15,   15

I have tried several different sizes but they all failed.

Is there any solution? Thank you for the help!