10.3.2 Default Definition of Short Nonbonded Contacts

The default definition of a short contact in Mercury is any intermolecular contact shorter than the sum of the van der Waals Radii of the atoms involved.
This pre-set default definition is always associated with the entry Short Contact <(sum of vdw radii) in the list box underneath the display area in the main Mercury window:





The default definition can be edited by double-clicking on it and setting options as required in the resulting Define Short Contacts dialogue box (see Section 10.4.4).
Short contacts satisfying the default definition can be displayed in the display area by switching on the tick box next to the words Short Contact <(sum of vdw radii):

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