What if path variables with the location of the force fields are set? If
I'm not mistaken, Windows has those too.
Best,
Marcos
Em domingo, 23 de outubro de 2016, Patrick Avery <psav...@buffalo.edu>
escreveu:
> My best guess is that when you open a Gaussian file by double clicking it,
> it results in Avogadro's runtime location being in that directory (which
> means it won't find the force field files).
>
> For now, I'd always open Avogadro by using the shortcut, and then open the
> Gaussian file using the "Open" dialog, and it should work. I will try to
> figure out how to fix that sometime sooner or later...
>
> On Sunday, October 23, 2016, Željko M. Svedružić <zsved...@biol.pmf.hr
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','zsved...@biol.pmf.hr');>> wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> most of the molecular modeling software does not tolerate "Program Files"
>> in the path name. The code for all those programs is written for Linux and
>> just adapted to windows. Linux does not recognize empty space, i.e.
>> "Program Files" should be "Program_Files". Thus, when I have to work on
>> windows I install all my modeling software in C:\\ directory, and
>> everything works fine. Alternatively stick with Linux.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Best of luck in your work, Cheers,
>>
>> www.svedruziclab.com
>>
>> On 2016-10-23 4:32, Michael Morgan wrote:
>>
>> Dear Patrick,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your kind help! The problem is solved with your help.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1) If I run Avogadro.exe from the \bin folder, then open files, I
>> can use the force fields.
>>
>> 2) If I created a shortcut link in the desktop and run it, I can
>> use the force fields.
>>
>> 3) I have assigned “C:\Program Files (x86)\Avogadro\bin\avogadro.exe”
>> to open the Gaussian output files by default. If I open an output
>> file using Avogadro by directly clicking the file, I cannot use the force
>> fields. Not sure what is wrong.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Patrick Avery [mailto:psav...@buffalo.edu]
>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 22, 2016 9:35 AM
>> *To:* avogadro-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [Avogadro-Discuss] AutoOptimization
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>>
>>
>> This usually means the force field files were not found. These are the
>> files at this location: https://github.com/o
>> penbabel/openbabel/tree/master/data
>>
>>
>>
>> I can think of two likely scenarios. Either
>>
>>
>>
>> 1: you don't have the files. Check your install location (probably
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Avogadro). Open the bin folder and see if the force
>> field files are there.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2: if you do have the files, the force field files may not be loading if
>> Avogadro's runtime location is not in C:\Program Files (x86)\Avogadro\bin.
>> You can double click the Avogadro executable in C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\Avogadro\bin
>>
>> And the force fields should work then. If you are using a shortcut, right
>> click it and select "properties" and make sure it says it is starting in
>> C:\Program
>> Files (x86)\Avogadro\bin and not C:\Program Files (x86)\Avogadro.
>>
>>
>>
>> I tried setting it up to make sure we wouldn't run into either of those
>> problems. Perhaps I missed something, though. Did you create your own
>> shortcut?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>> On Friday, October 21, 2016, Michael Morgan <michaelmorgan...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>>
>>
>> My Avogadro’s AutoOptimization stopped working. When I clicked “Start”,
>> it showed “AutoOpt: Could not setup force field…”. I have tried most simple
>> molecules, as well as choosing different force field. All the same. Any
>> idea what is wrong?
>>
>>
>>
>> My Avogadro version is most recent one (1.2.0). Windows 10.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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