.. _tutorial_animation_com:

6. TheorChem2Blender - Animating .com input
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Overview
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TheorChem2Blender is a program that has 5 tabs. Which tabs to modify depend on the type of 3D file the user wants to create. For the simplest use of the program, you only need to specify the input, and convert it as output. The default output format is `glb`.
Below is a continuation on how to use **TheorChem2Blender**, focused animating `.com` input. Refer to :ref:`(3) basic use <tutorial_basic_use>` for information about how to choose `com` input files to convert, :ref:`(4) highlighting bonds <tutorial_customization>` for how to highlight atoms and bonds, and :ref:`(5) specifying ions <tutorial_ions>` for ionic compounds.


Input tab
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1. Leave `.com` as the input file
2. Click on `set` to select the input name
3. Go to `inpuut_examples/com_files/animations/water`
4. Select all the `water.com` frames available

.. image:: /_static/images/tutorial6_step1.png
    :alt: Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1
    :width: 500px

Notice there is more than one name in the `Input name(s) space`
5. Click on `Is animation`
6. Click on the `Output` tab

.. image:: /_static/images/tutorial6_step2.png
    :alt: Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1
    :width: 500px

Output tab
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7. Select `fbx` as the output format

.. image:: /_static/images/tutorial6_step3.png
    :alt: Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1
    :width: 500px

8. Click on the `Convert!` tab

Convert! tab
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9. Convert the input
10. Your file will appear by default in the `output/` folder.

.. note::

   🎥 To see a video recording of this walkthrough, visit the following link:  
   `Watch on YouTube <https://youtu.be/aVRtrc7SL8Q>`_


:ref:`Previous: (5) specifying ions <tutorial_ions>`
:ref:`Next: (7) animating xyz files <tutorial_animation_xyz>`


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