6. TheorChem2Blender - Animating .com input

Overview

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 (3) basic use for information about how to choose com input files to convert, (4) highlighting bonds for how to highlight atoms and bonds, and (5) specifying ions for ionic compounds.

Input tab

  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

Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1

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

Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1

Output tab

  1. Select fbx as the output format

Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1

  1. Click on the Convert! tab

Convert! tab

  1. Convert the input

  2. Your file will appear by default in the output/ folder.

Note

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