Viewmol

Viewmol is a super handy, open-source tool that makes working with computational chemistry programs a breeze. It helps you create molecular structures and visualize their results in a fun, interactive way.

About Viewmol

This awesome software was originally created by Jörg-Rüdiger Hill and Andreas Bleiber at the Quantum Chemistry Group of Humboldt University. They got some help from Arne Dummer, Mariann Krossner, Andreas Bänger, and Andries de Man along the way. Fun fact: Viewmol snagged an award for being an outstanding product at the German/Austrian Academic Software Award back in 1993!

Commercial Use

If you’re looking for something more advanced, there's also commercial software based on Viewmol called the Materials and Processes Simulations (MAPS) platform. This one has extra features and open interfaces! You can reach out to info@scienomics.com if you're interested in MAPS. The great news? MAPS works perfectly with Viewmol when it comes to input and output filters.

Key Features of Viewmol

Here are some key features of Viewmol:

• Building and editing molecules


• Visualizing molecule geometry as wire frame, stick model, ball-and-stick, or CPK models


• Tracing geometry optimization or MD trajectories


• Animating normal vibrations or showing them as arrows


• Drawing IR, Raman, and inelastic neutron scattering spectra


• Create MO energy level or density of states diagrams


• Sketch basis functions, molecular orbitals, and electron densities


• Create property drawings defined on a grid


• Show forces acting on each atom in a specific configuration


• Calculate thermodynamic quantities for molecules and their reactions


• Easily save your drawings as TIFF, PNG, HPGL, or PostScript files!


• You can even convert animations of normal modes into video files (MPEG), perfect for sharing online! Just remember this needs extra programs from the internet.


• An interface to the ray tracing program Povray (you can generate input files directly within Viewmol)


• Diverse input/output formats—new formats can be added easily by users!


• An embedded Python interpreter for automation purposes.

Supported Formats

Viewmol is currently compatible with:

• Gaussian outputs


• Discover files


• DMol3 outputs


• Gamess outputs


• Mopac outputs


• PDB files


• PQS outputs


• Turbomole files


• A variety of other molecular structure files supported by Open Babel.

You Can Write:

Certain formats that you can write using Viewmol include:

• Turbomole files


• Accelrys car and arc files


• Gaussian input files


• MDL files


• Any molecular structure file supported by Open Babel.

What's New In This Release

Here's what's fresh in this release: