Avogadro version: 2
Operating system and version: Windows 11 - Avogadro 2 - Version 1.97
Expected Behavior
Optimized geometry coordinates to be displayed
Actual Behavior
The input (initial) geometry coordinates is what is displayed
Steps to Reproduce
1- Open an optimization .out file (by GAMESS)
2- Try to generate a GAMESS input file from the .out file
3- If you are using Avogadro 1, it gives you the right (optimized) coordinates
4- If you are using Avogadro 2, it gives you the initial (unoptimized) coordinates
Hello!
I am running optimization jobs using GAMESS. I get the output in .out extension, which is very okay.
Well, there is a problem encountered in Avogadro2, not Avogadro1.
For Avogadro2, when I open the .out file, then press “input”, then choose “GAMESS”, I get the initial geometry coordinates.
This does not happen with Avogadro1, when I press “extensions”, then “GAMESS”, then “Input generator” where I get the right optimized coordinates.
I think I should report this as a bug in Avogadro2, unless I am not understanding it well.
Any help is highly appreciated, since I am moving from Avogadro to Avogadro2.
Thanks!
Thanks for your reply!
Here are an .out file (optimization job) and a screenshot showing the difference between how Avoagadro and Avogadro2 display the coordinates.
Oh. I understand. This is an ORCA file, not a GAMESS file.
Avogadro 1.2 had a “native” reader for ORCA files. Avogadro 1.9x relies on Open Babel, which had a bug in how ORCA files were read (i.e., only the first geometry … no idea why it survived since ORCA developers helped with the code.)
The bug is fixed in recent builds. I will work to integrate the “native” ORCA reader into 1.98 as well.
In the meantime, if you have Python installed on your Windows system, I suggest installing https://cclib.github.io/ in which case you can use the avogadro-cclib plugin (Download Extensions) to import the output:
Thank you for your time.
The .out file is a GAMESS output from ChemCompute website (unless you mean it is formatted as ORCA output file).
But anyway I will try the mentioned plugin and inform you. I already have Python installed on my windows.
Thanks again.