TmoleX
To run it, you must simply write
TmoleX
On some systems, you might first set
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
otherwise, no molecule is show in the molecule builder.
The installation was simple:
chmod +x TmoleX40Linux64.bin
./TmoleX40Linux64.bin
and follow the instructions on the screen.
- Start TmoleX
TmoleX
- Select New Project
- Select a directory
- Open 3D Molecular Builder
- Click on atoms
- Build the molecule
- Save it
To show vibrational frequencies
- TmoleX
- Select a NewProject
- Open job/Control file
- Select the proper file
- Click on the project on the left-hand tree
- Open 3D molecular builder
- Click on Vib. Modes
- Click on the desired mode
- Click on Play
Build molecules
- Open 3D Molecular Builder
- You can start from an existing molecule, from Smiles, from a 2D scetch of from fragments
- Click on the pencil (on the left) to build atom-wise.
- You can add H atoms, but only atom-wise: Select an atom; check
that hybridization is properly set and then click on saturate. (You can
select all atoms by Ctrl-A, but the defalut of hybridization, custom,
does not allow H atoms to be added).
Visualisation
You can quite conveniently show MOs, electron density, electrostatic
potential (e.g. mapped on the electron density (use 0.002 level).
- Zoom by the mouse weel.
- Pictures can be exported as png images (camera image) or pov-ray images (Tools - Export Image - File type.
- Background colour can be changed (Tool - Settings - General - Background color.
- Opacity can be changed (click on the surface, then right click on the surface and select Change color and then opacity).
- The box around the surface is removed by just clicking anywhere in the background of the figure (not on the surface)
If you have problems of running Turbomole
features within TmoleX (e.g. tidy up with UFF or viewing orbitals),
this probably indicates that you are not allowed to run the
Turbomole version in your path.
This is indicated by "TmoleX (client)" on your window.
To solve this (Uwe 28/5-15):
- Start TmoleX
- Open a new project
- Right-click on the project name in the left-most window
- Select open shell
- echo $TURBODIR
- $TURBODIR/scripts/sysname
- ls -l $TURBODIR/bin/`sysname`