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SaveXYZ

  

 save molecular geometry from a Maple list to an XYZ file

  

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

SaveXYZ(molecule)
SaveXYZ(file,molecule)

Parameters

file

-

string; string of the filename for saving the molecular geometry in XYZ format

molecule

-

list of lists; each list has 4 elements, the string of an atom's symbol and atom's x, y, and z coordinates

Description

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The SaveXYZ(file,molecule) command saves the molecule's geometry to an XYZ file.

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The SaveXYZ(molecule) command opens a file dialogue for selecting the directory and entering the filename file.

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The molecule is a Maple list of lists.  Each list has 4 elements, the string of an atom's symbol and atom's x, y, and z coordinates.

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The format of molecule is the standard format for molecular geometries in the QuantumChemistry package.

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Note: The XYZ format for a molecule with n number of atoms is as follows:
   
n
comment line
A1  X1  Y1  Z1
A2  X2  Y2  Z2
...   
An  Xn  Yn  Zn

where A__i, X__i, Y__i, Z__i   are the chemical symbol of the atom i and its corresponding Cartesian coordinates, respectively. Note the units are generally in Angstrom or Bohr.

Examples

withQuantumChemistry:

moleculeH,0.,0.,0.,F,0.,0.,0.95

moleculeH,0.,0.,0.,F,0.,0.,0.95000000

(1)

SaveXYZhf.txt,molecule

molecule  ReadXYZhf.txt;

moleculeH,0.,0.,0.,F,0.,0.,0.95000000

(2)

See Also

PlotMolecule
MolecularData
ReadXYZ