Where's v1.98? Next Release

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And of course, there are a lot of features and bug fixes between 1.97 and 1.98.

  • Improved rendering including ambient occlusion
  • New template tool for assembly of inorganic complexes and ligands / functional groups
  • Better perception of bond orders
  • New forcefield framework supporting external Python scripts (e.g., XTB, ASE, ANI-2x, etc.)
  • Align tool
  • Manual translate / rotate dialog
  • Integration with 3Dconnexion input devices on Mac and Windows
  • Fetch molecule names from PubChem
  • Commands to create centroid and center-of-mass points
  • Improved “fill unit cell”
  • Preview images of insert molecule fragments and import crystals
  • Build improvements, including initial support for Qt6
  • Integrated Orca ouputfile support (from Orca-enhanced Avogadro)
  • Add a generic compchem output reader (i.e., should automatically handle .out and .log files)
  • Initial scripting support
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