Re: [Open Babel] Question about file conversion

2016-05-10 Thread Chris Swain
Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 19:35:30 -0700 > From: "Brendan M. O'Boyle" <bmobo...@caltech.edu> > Subject: [Open Babel] Question about file conversion > To: <openbabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <a8e4db38-24e6-4106-b671-b5708b168...@caltech.edu&

Re: [Open Babel] Question about file conversion

2016-05-09 Thread Maciek Wójcikowski
Hi, That is a wild guess, since you gave us near to zero information, but what is the first line of your .smi file? If it's not valid smiles, then the reader will give up, since it has finish reading the file on first line. Valid smiles file is: "smiles string, white-space and name", like

[Open Babel] Question about file conversion

2016-05-09 Thread Brendan M. O'Boyle
Hello, I am trying to use OpenBabel and iBabel to convert SMILES strings into sdf files for manipulation with Schrodinger software. I installed the OpenBabel first and then I am using iBabel. I put in the SMILES string under the convert header and then use that to prepare an sdf file.