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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Molden
 
 
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| module load
 
| module load
 
| chem/molden
 
| chem/molden
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| Availability
 
| [[bwUniCluster]], [[bwForCluster_Chemistry]]
 
 
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| License
 
| License
| free, [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden/CopyRight.html Copyright CMBI]
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| Free. See: [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden/CopyRight.html Copyright CMBI]
 
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|Citing
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| Citing
| [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden/ref.html Reference]
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| [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden/ref.html Molden-Reference]
 
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| Links
 
| Links
| [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden Homepage]; [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden Documentation]
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| [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden/ Homepage] &#124; [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden Documentation]
 
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| Graphical Interface
 
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| [[#Graphical User Interface (GUI)|Yes]]
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== Description ==
 
   
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= Description =
 
'''Molden''' is a software package for displaying molecular coordinates, molecular orbitals, electron densities from various quantum chemical software packages and supports contour and 3-D grid plots. Moreover, '''Molden''' supports many output formats including postscript, povray, OpenGL and hpgl.
 
'''Molden''' is a software package for displaying molecular coordinates, molecular orbitals, electron densities from various quantum chemical software packages and supports contour and 3-D grid plots. Moreover, '''Molden''' supports many output formats including postscript, povray, OpenGL and hpgl.
 
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== Versions and Availability ==
 
A current list of the versions available on the bwUniCluster and bwForClusters can be obtained from the Cluster Information System: [http://cis-hpc.uni-konstanz.de/prod.cis/Molden CIS Information on Molden]
 
   
On the command line interface of any bwHPC cluster, a list of the available i versions using
 
<pre>
 
$ module avail chem/molden
 
</pre>
 
<br>
 
 
== Usage ==
 
=== Loading the module ===
 
You can load the default version of ''Molden'' with the command
 
<pre>
 
$ module load chem/molden
 
</pre>
 
If you wish to load a specific (older) version of ''Molden'', you can do so using e.g.
 
<pre>
 
$ module load chem/molden/5.1
 
</pre>
 
to load the version 5.1
 
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= Usage =
=== Software Binaries ===
 
Once the module ''Molden'' is loaded, the binaries '''molden''' and '''gmolden''' can be directly executed:
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Once the module ''Molden'' is loaded, the binaries '''molden''' (Command-Line) and '''gmolden''' (GUI) can be directly executed:
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== Command-Line ==
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
 
$ molden
 
$ molden
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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== Graphical User Interface (GUI) ==
or
 
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
$ gmolden
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$ gmolden &
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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[[File:molden_gui.jpg]]
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==== Binary options ====
 
Available binary options can be taken from the binary help:
 
<pre>
 
$ molden -h
 
</pre>
 
or from the [http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/molden/command.html website].
 
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== Examples ==
 
To visualize the cartesian coordinates of one molecule stored in the file ''molecule.xyz'' without automatic conversion to Z-matrix, execute:
 
<pre>
 
$ molden -a molecule.xyz
 
</pre>
 
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== Version-Specific Information ==
 
For specific information about version ''X'', see the information available via the module system with the command
 
<pre>
 
$ module help chem/molden/X
 
</pre>
 
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[[Category:Chemistry software]][[Category:bwUniCluster]][[Category:bwForCluster_Chemistry]]
 

Latest revision as of 10:00, 23 April 2024

The main documentation is available via module help chem/molden on the cluster. Most software modules for applications provide working example batch scripts.


Description Content
module load chem/molden
License Free. See: Copyright CMBI
Citing Molden-Reference
Links Homepage | Documentation
Graphical Interface Yes

1 Description

Molden is a software package for displaying molecular coordinates, molecular orbitals, electron densities from various quantum chemical software packages and supports contour and 3-D grid plots. Moreover, Molden supports many output formats including postscript, povray, OpenGL and hpgl.


2 Usage

Once the module Molden is loaded, the binaries molden (Command-Line) and gmolden (GUI) can be directly executed:

2.1 Command-Line

$ molden

2.2 Graphical User Interface (GUI)

$ gmolden &

Molden gui.jpg