Menus and shortcuts#
Note
The shortcuts are written with Ctrl, as they are on Linux and Windows. On macOS press ⌘ wherever Ctrl is written: Ctrl+O here means ⌘O.
Mouse#
Drag |
rotate |
Scroll |
zoom |
Middle-drag, or Shift and drag |
pan |
Click an atom |
select it (in editing mode) |
Ctrl and click |
add to the selection |
Drag a selected atom |
move it, with its periodic images |
Click empty space |
clear the selection |
File#
Open… |
Ctrl+O, each file in a tab of its own |
Open recent |
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Close tab |
Ctrl+W |
Import atoms into structure… |
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Save structure as .gui… |
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Save structure as .cif… |
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Build CRYSTAL input (.d12)… |
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Build properties input (.d3)… |
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Export image… |
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Export phonon animation… |
Cell#
Crystallographic cell / Primitive cell |
which cell is shown |
Lattice parameters… |
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Supercell… |
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Complete coordination at cell boundary |
toggle |
Point symmetry analysis |
elements, and Reduce symmetry… |
Brillouin zone… |
the zone, read-only |
Edit#
Undo |
Ctrl+Z |
Redo |
Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y |
Editing mode |
Ctrl+E |
Select all |
Ctrl+A |
Clear selection / Invert selection |
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Delete selected |
Del |
Duplicate selected |
Ctrl+D |
Translate selected… |
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Rotate selected… |
about a lattice vector, a cartesian axis, two atoms or a typed direction |
Set element of selected… |
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Restore geometry |
Ctrl+R |
Nudge the selection |
Arrow keys |
The commands which modify atoms act on the current selection and are enabled only in editing mode.
View#
Appearance |
Match system, Light, Dark |
Display settings |
the Display panel |
Panels |
show or hide each panel |
Restore all panels |
put every panel back |
Next tab / Previous tab |
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Along a/b/c axis, Along a*/b*/c* |
the same as the VIEW chips |
On macOS the tabs are stepped through with ⌃Tab and ⌃⇧Tab, as in Safari, or with ⌘⇧] and ⌘⇧[.
Plot#
Elastic properties ▸ · Elastic properties (2D) ▸ · Equation of state · Simulated XRD pattern… · Electronic bands & DOS… · Phonon bands & DOS… · Vibrational spectra… · VCI states… · Anharmonic scan… · Anharmonic PES… · Crystalline orbitals… · Clear orbital · Electron density & potential… · Clear field · Plot font…
The entries are enabled when the output contains the corresponding data; see Property plots.
The toolbar#
Group |
What |
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VIEW |
look down a, b or c, or down a*, b* or c* (the bc, ca or ab face square-on); fit everything back in view |
ROTATE |
turn the scene by a fixed step (15° by default, set beside it) |
CONV. CELL |
crystallographic cell on, primitive cell off |
The Brillouin-zone window has the same groups, for kx, ky and kz.