Hi Michael,
This usually means the force field files were not found. These are the
files at this location:
https://github.com/openbabel/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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