# Solvent.hdb Formatting Inquiry

**URL:** <https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/solvent-hdb-formatting-inquiry/5519>\
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**Created:** [January 2, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/solvent-hdb-formatting-inquiry/5519 "2023-01-02T18:22:03Z")\
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I haven’t worked with such a system in years, so I don’t know what the current behavior is. My recollection is that they do not get automatically merged, and that then potentially leads to headaches with discontinuous blocks of molecules requiring SETTLE, which isn’t supported.

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