Dear Dave,
Sorry for the delayed reply,
turned out I can read the POSCAR/CONTCAR files with the presence
of POTCAR in the same directory.
Sincerely thanks,
Murphy
2013/4/25 David Lonie <david.lo...@kitware.com>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:26 AM, 李文凡 <limurphy1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Avogadro users,
> >
> > I installed Avogadro 1.1.0 in my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop.
> > Does anyone knows how can I read and export POSCAR files?
> > I tried "import crystal from clipboard",
> > but the error jumps out immediately:
> > "The input is not formatted as one of the following supported formats:
> VASP
> > Format"
>
> What were the contents of the clipboard when you did this? (also
> remember that linux has two clipboards -- the selection/middle-click
> buffer, and the "real" Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V clipboard buffer. I forget which
> is actually used here...)
>
> If you have a POSCAR/CONTCAR formatted file in your clipboard, Import
> Crystal from Clipboard will load it into Avogadro. Similarly,
> Edit->Copy while a molecule with a unit cell is loaded will place a
> POSCAR onto the clipboard.
>
> CONTCAR/POSCAR files can also be opened using File->Open. For VASP
> 5.2+, only the CONTCAR or POSCAR file is needed. For earlier VASP
> versions, the POTCAR file needs to be in the same directory to get the
> atom types correct.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Dave
>
>
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