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Subject: Re: CCL:vector file on Xmol
To: ev #at# dim.jussieu.fr (Earl EVLETH p 74208)
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>If anyone has an example of the use of the VECTOR
>file option on the XMOL graphic soft I would appreciate 
>it. I have not been able to extract this 
>information from the XMOL manual is understandable form
>and the manual does not offer sample input files for
>such a simple case. The manual states that it can be
>included in the XYZ file and except to generating atomic
>charges.
>

Quoted from the XYZ file specification man page:

  Each line of text describing a single atom must  contain  at
  least  four  fields of information, separated by whitespace:
  the atom's type (a short string of alphanumeric characters),
  and  its  x-,  y-, and z-positions. Optionally, extra fields
  may be used to specify a charge for the atom, and/or a  vec-
  tor  associated  with  the  atom.  If an input line contains
  five or eight fields, the fifth field is interpreted as  the
  atom's  charge;  otherwise, a charge of zero is assumed.  If
  an input line contains seven or eight fields, the last three
  fields are interpreted as the components of a vector.  These
  components should be specified in angstroms.

You mean that's not clear?  ;)
--
Here are some examples (where Vx,Vy,Vz are the 
x,y, and z components of some vector):

-
hydrogen atom with x,y,z defined (charge zero is implied):

H  1.0  1.0  1.0                    [4 fields]
-
hydrogen atom with x,y,z,charge defined:

H  1.0  1.0  1.0  0.1               [5 fields]
-
hydrogen atom with x,y,z,charge,Vx,Vy,Vz defined:

H  1.0  1.0  1.0  0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5   [8 fields]
-
hydrogen atom with x,y,z,Vx,Vy,Vz defined 
(charge zero is implied):

H  1.0  1.0  1.0      0.5 0.5 0.5   [7 fields]

Hope that this helps. If not, send mail to xmol -x- at -x- msc.edu
and we'll try to provide a more concrete example.

Dave Doherty
-- 

David C. Doherty
Minnesota Supercomputer Center
doherty-: at :-msc.edu