On 1 July 2010 15:36, Tim Vandermeersch <tim.vandermeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Konstantin Tokarev <annu...@yandex.ru> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I think geometry optimization steps have slightly different nature than
>> set of molecular conformers, and possibility to distinguish this data
>> types in software using OB (e.g., Avogadro) will be useful. Also, there
>> are relaxed scans consisting of series of geometry optimizations,
>> and set of minimal points of scan could be interpreted as 'real'
>> conformers.
>>
>> So IMO new data type is needed (e.g., OBGeometryOptData), and OBMol
>> should be able to store arbitrary number of these objects (e.g., in
>> vector). Any ideas?
>
> A generic class for series of coordinates might be better. An enum
> with various types could be used (e.g. GeometryOptimization,
> MolecularDynamics, MonteCarlo, Docking, ...). Using OBGenericData, per
> frame data could be added. The current Data functions allow us to add
> an arbitrary number of these objects to an OBMol.

Can't OBConformerData just be extended to cope with this?

>
> There are specific file formats for some of these data types.
> OBConversion::ReadMolecule accepts OBBase objects so we could read
> this data and store it directly into the new data class.
>
> Tim
>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Konstantin
>>
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