7. TheorChem2Blender - Animating .xyz 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, (5) specifying ions for ionic compounds, and (6) animating com files for animating com files.

Input tab

  1. Change the input to .xyz

  2. Click on set to select the input name

  3. Go to inpuut_examples/xyz_files/trajectories/

  4. Select the carbon_dioxide_symmetric_vibration.xyz file

  5. Select is animation

  6. Go to the Customization tab

Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1

Customization tab

  1. Because for this example, the bond length of the input is larger than a C-O bond, click on force bonds

Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1

  1. Type the following on the Forced bonds list box: (If you type C01=O03 instead, the bond will be inverted) When forcing a bond, if the colors are inverted, try changing the order of the atoms as is this case.

C01=O02; O03=C01
Highlighting an atom or bond, step 1

  1. Click on the Output tab

Output tab

  1. Select fbx as the output format

  2. Click on the Convert! tab

Convert! tab

  1. Convert the input

  2. 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

🎥 To see a video recording of of another animation, customizing and highlighting bonds, visit this link: Watch on YouTube

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