mopac-step 2021.10.25

A SEAMM plug-in to setup, run and analyze semiempirical calculations with MOPAC

SEAMM MOPAC plug-in

A SEAMM plug-in to setup, run and analyze semiempirical calculations with MOPAC.

This plug-in provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for setting up and running simulations using the semiempirical quantum chemistry code MOPAC.

• Free software: BSD license

• Documentation: https://molssi-seamm.github.io/mopac_step/index.html

• Code: https://github.com/molssi-seamm/mopac_step

Features

• Single-point energies

• Structural optimization

• IR and Raman vibrational frequencies

• Temperature dependent thermodynamic functions

• Results can be stored in flowchart variables or tables.

Acknowledgements

This package was created with Cookiecutter and the molssi-seamm/cookiecutter-seamm-plugin project template.

Developed by the Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI), which receives funding from the National Science Foundation under award ACI-1547580

History

2021.2.11 (11 February 2021)

• Updated the README file to give a better description.

• Updated the short description in setup.py to work with the new installer.

• Added keywords for better searchability.

2021.2.4 (4 February 2021)

• Updated for compatibility with the new system classes in MolSystem 2021.2.2 release.

2020.12.5 (5 December 2020)

• Internal: switching CI from TravisCI to GitHub Actions, and in the process moving documentation from ReadTheDocs to GitHub Pages where it is consolidated with the main SEAMM documentation.

2020.11.2 (2 November 2020)

• Updated to be compatible with the new command-line argument handling.

2020.10.7 (7 October 2020)

• Updated to handle citations using the new framework.

2020.9.29 (29 September 2020)

• Updated to be compatible with the new system classes in MolSystem.

2020.8.1 (1 August 2020)

• Fixed bug caused by coordinates being strings, not numbers, in some cases.

2020.7.0 (23 July 2020)

• Improved the text output when running.

0.9 (15 April 2020)

• General bug fixes and cleanup of the code.

0.7.0 (17 December 2019)

• Consolidating minor changes and making a uniform release at year’s end.

0.5.1 (29 August 2019)

• First version that runs correctly and generates output.

0.2.0 (13 August 2019)

• First release on PyPI.