[ase-users] [gpaw-users] ASE installation for windows

Marcin Dulak Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk
Sun Nov 9 16:55:41 CET 2014


Hi,

On 11/09/2014 12:11 AM, Zahid Hasan wrote:
> but when I write
>
>> from ase.structures import molecule
>> atoms = molecule( 'CH4' )
>> multiple = atoms.repeat(4,4,4)
>> dyn = VelocityVerlet(multiple, 2*units.fs)
maybe you need a calculator attached to the atoms.
Please follow ASE tutorials: 
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When reporting problems please provide the full script and verbatim error.

Best regards,

Marcin
>>
>> is something wrong there with the repeat function, as I thought it 
>> wiil solve multiple unit molecules simultaneously!!
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Marcin Dulak 
> <Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk <mailto:Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk>> wrote:
>
>     On 11/08/2014 09:04 PM, Zahid Hasan wrote:
>>     and I did not understand, "The way different molecule sets are
>>     accessed in currently not unified in ASE" that you wrote.
>     you cannot do for all available modules as you can with tmfp06d:
>     from ase.data.tmfp06d import data as tmfp06d
>     from ase.structure import molecule
>     molecule('ScH', data=tmfp06d)
>
>     You need to look into the python files under ase/data, read the
>     code what they do,
>     if they contain interesting molecules, and how the structures of
>     molecules can be accessed.
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Marcin
>
>>
>>     On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Zahid Hasan
>>     <missionpagla at gmail.com <mailto:missionpagla at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Dear Marcin,
>>         Thanks a lot. It realy helped me.
>>
>>         And although in VMD the texture is good, but I could not find
>>         any option to show the bonds and forces between atoms like in
>>         ASE GUI. I think you have worked a lot with VMD, so
>>         definitely you know better whether any way exists.
>>
>>         And another question, if I write like,
>>
>>         from ase.structures import molecule
>>         atoms = molecule( 'CH4' )
>>         multiple = atoms.repeat(4,4,4)
>>
>>         will the Methane molecule be repeated with relevant covalent
>>         bonds in three directions of coordinate? And is it also
>>         possible in ASE to carry out molecular dynamics calculation
>>         of available G2 Set molecules?
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>         Zahid
>>
>>         On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Marcin Dulak
>>         <Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk
>>         <mailto:Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk>> wrote:
>>
>>             On 11/08/2014 12:02 PM, Zahid Hasan wrote:
>>>             Yes, I have experienced the problem, when tried to
>>>             convert the trajectory file to pdb. The datas are
>>>             missing there. Unfortunately I could not open even the
>>>             ASE trajectory format in VMD, although VMD accepts
>>>             trajectory input. Is the ASE-trajectory compatible with VMD?
>>             what is the error message you get when converting with
>>             ase-gui?
>>             VMD does not read traj files.
>>             This works for me on Windows (with the ASE msi installed
>>             after GPAW msi):
>>             from ase.structure import molecule
>>             from ase.calculators.emt import EMT
>>             from ase.optimize import QuasiNewton
>>             m=molecule('H2O')  # H2O from the G2 set
>>             m.set_calculator(EMT())
>>             o=QuasiNewton(m, trajectory='m.traj')
>>             o.run()
>>             Then, in the command prompt:
>>             ase-gui m.traj -o m.xyz
>>>
>>>             And one more question, I wanted to simulate Epoxy
>>>             molecule with ASE. How I can find out which molecules
>>>             are available in the ASE databank? And is there any way
>>>             to generate the molecule in other software and import in
>>>             ASE for further simulation?
>>             when molecules are concerned ASE can read xyz, pdb files
>>             which you can generate in other programs.
>>
>>             You can list the molecule names by accessing the modules
>>             located under the ase/data directory:
>>             from ase.data.g2 import data  # this is the G2 set
>>             print data.keys()
>>             or
>>             from ase.data.tmfp06d import data # doi:10.1063/1.2162161
>>             print data.keys()
>>
>>             In order to use a set different that G2 (see help for the
>>             molecule method: python -c "from ase.structure import
>>             molecule; help(molecule)"):
>>             from ase.data.tmfp06d import data as tmfp06d
>>             from ase.structure import molecule
>>             molecule('ScH', data=tmfp06d)
>>
>>             The way different molecule sets are accessed in currently
>>             not unified in ASE - they were
>>             created ad hoc for the purpose of different projects.
>>
>>             Best regards,
>>
>>             Marcin
>>
>>>
>>>             Thanks and regards,
>>>             Zahid
>>>
>>>             On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Marcin Dulak
>>>             <Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk
>>>             <mailto:Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                 On 11/06/2014 03:35 PM, Zahid Hasan wrote:
>>>>                 If I save the result file in .pdb format with the
>>>>                 commands
>>>>
>>>>                 dyn = QuasiNewton(slab, trajectory='N2Cu.pdb')
>>>                 QuasiNewton trajectory keyword saves a file in
>>>                 trajectory format, no matter how you name it.
>>>                 You can convert the trajectory file into an xyz (or
>>>                 pdb) with:
>>>                 ase-gui -o N2Cu.pdb N2Cu.traj
>>>                 Note that you miss some information contained in the
>>>                 traj files when doing
>>>                 the conversion to xyz/pdb (cell, local magnetic
>>>                 moments, constraints, ...)
>>>                 Therefore it's better to work with trajectory files
>>>                 and visualize them with ase-gui.
>>>>
>>>>                 is it possible to open the file and see the results
>>>>                 in VMD?
>>>                 yes.
>>>
>>>                 Best regards,
>>>
>>>                 Marcin
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Marcin Dulak
>>>>                 <Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk
>>>>                 <mailto:Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                     On 11/06/2014 01:17 PM, Zahid Hasan wrote:
>>>>>                     Dear all,
>>>>>                     Do I need to install Povray seperately to
>>>>>                     generate image? Is this the software provided
>>>>>                     in the website http://www.povray.org/download/
>>>>                     yes, but povray won't work directly with ASE on
>>>>                     windows due to Linux oriented os.system calls in
>>>>                     https://trac.fysik.dtu.dk/projects/ase/browser/trunk/ase/io/pov.py
>>>>                     (povray ... > /dev/null, etc.).
>>>>                     Instead you can create the pov/ini povray files
>>>>                     with an ASE python script and then open the pov
>>>>                     file with povray.
>>>>
>>>>                     Another problem you may encounter is when using
>>>>                     ase.lattice module.
>>>>                     For some reasons the
>>>>                     https://trac.fysik.dtu.dk/projects/ase/browser/trunk/ase/lattice/spacegroup/spacegroup.dat
>>>>                     is not copied
>>>>                     during the msi installation of ASE to
>>>>                     C:\Python27\LIb\site-packages\ase\lattice\spacegroup.
>>>>                     You need to download this file manually.
>>>>
>>>>                     Best regards,
>>>>
>>>>                     Marcin
>>>>>
>>>>>                     Thanks,
>>>>>                     Zahid
>>>>>
>>>>>                     On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Zahid Hasan
>>>>>                     <missionpagla at gmail.com
>>>>>                     <mailto:missionpagla at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                         I will request to just upload seperate
>>>>>                         windows msi installers, which are
>>>>>                         compatible with each other and updated.
>>>>>
>>>>>                         On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Zahid
>>>>>                         Hasan <missionpagla at gmail.com
>>>>>                         <mailto:missionpagla at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                             I have deinstalled the ASE and
>>>>>                             installed the GPAW installer with ASE
>>>>>                             inside. But unfortunately the test
>>>>>                             scripts do not work. It works only
>>>>>                             when the seperate ASE installation is
>>>>>                             existing. Even after the GPAW test run
>>>>>                             it shows runtime error, although it
>>>>>                             delivers some results!!
>>>>>
>>>>>                             On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:35 AM,
>>>>>                             Marcin Dulak
>>>>>                             <Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk
>>>>>                             <mailto:Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 yes, GPAW installer includes ASE.
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 Marcin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 On 11/04/2014 10:59 AM, Zahid
>>>>>                                 Hasan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                                     The installer includes also
>>>>>                                     the latest ASE
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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