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XtalOpt Version r12.0 Released!
XtalOpt Version r11.0 Released!
XtalOpt Version r10.0 Released!
- Implementation of RandSpg, an algorithm that generates random crystals with specific spacegroups. This algorithm can optionally be used to create symmetric structures in the initial random generation.
- Inclusion of variable forumla units within XtalOpt enables the search for cells with multiple numbers of formula units within a single run.
- A molecular-unit generator permits users to create single-center molecules in the unit cell during the initial generation step.
Avogadro2 Updates
Our Ph.D. student, Patrick Avery, was accepted to the Google Summer of Code 2016!!!
He has been working on Avogadro2.
You can read about his most recent work on his
blog.
XtalOpt Version r9.0 Released!
- Customizable polling interval for updating remote queue information.
- Automatic removal of remote working files optional.
- Optional removal of unnecessary files for VASP calculations.
- Added a new "mitosis" function used to generate higher local order for initial structures.
Options for the "mitosis" function found in the "Structure Limits" tab.
- Option to rank all current structures and export structures to a new subdirectory as .cml, CONTCAR, or .got.
- Limit the total number of structures created during a run.
- New option to replace a failing structure with a new offspring.
- Ability to “inject” (seed) a structure mid-run
- Minimum atomic separation now specified as a fraction of the sum of atomic radii, with a hard minimum.
- Submission of remote calculations is throttled to ease DRMS load.
- More server-friendly method of fetching queue data.
- Support for GULP shell/core calculations added.
- Incorporated the XtalComp library for duplicate structure removal (niching).
- Fix compilation against Qt 4.6.3 and 4.8.0.
- Updated space-group detection library to spglib 1.0.8.
- Bundled libssh library removed, now an optional dependency.
- Added option to use command-line ssh/scp interfaces when libssh is unavailable or Kerberos authentication is needed.
- Implemented an extension for an automated stochastic docking program (RandomDock) that supports MOPAC, ADF, GAMESS and Gaussian as back-end molecular quantum chemistry engines.
- Numerous misc bugfixes.