Op donderdag 20 februari 2003 00:05, schreef Daniel Brown:
> I'm doing some research for Prof Mike Robb at Kings College, one of the
> Guys who wrote Guassian. I have tried to write a Java program that shows
> the molecule and the 3N - 6 normal modes of displacement (well actually I�m
> looking at 3N-8 cause I'm dealing with B-O violation regions).
> My program was going to take a text file with the nuclear geometry and a
> text file with the Cartesian displacements that are our modes. Then it was
> going to display the molecule with the arows, in 3-D. 

Yes, see the screenshot:

http://jmol.sourceforge.net/images/screenshot3.jpg

> Have you already done this? 

Well, that depends a bit. I myself have not written the Gaussian file IO 
classes, but as extracted from the Gaussian98 reader:

/**
 * A reader for Gaussian98 output.
 * Gaussian 98 is a quantum chemistry program
 * by Gaussian, Inc. (http://www.gaussian.com/).
 *
 * <p> Molecular coordinates, energies, and normal coordinates of
 * vibrations are read. Each set of coordinates is added to the
 * ChemFile in the order they are found. Energies and vibrations
 * are associated with the previously read set of coordinates.
 *
 * <p> This reader was developed from a small set of
 * example output files, and therefore, is not guaranteed to
 * properly read all Gaussian98 output. If you have problems,
 * please contact the author of this code, not the developers
 * of Gaussian98.

In general, if the Gaussian output you get is not supported, we should add 
that... Mostly, this would mean that you need to send us a example file
which we need clearance that we may distribute the file... Based on this
file, a new file filter can be written or one of the current filters 
extended...

> Will it run in the Java2 runtime environment? 

Yes, without any problems.

> Does it read Gaussian check point files?

Not completely sure about that.. Jmol supports several Gaussian files of 
several versions, but I do not know wether this includes check point files.

I hope this gives you some ideas on where Jmol is at, and how you could
use it in your research. Please stay in touch.

kind regards,

Egon Willighagen


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