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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">How does one make an animated axsf file using XCrySDen</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">directly? For example, suppose I want save in an</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> axsf file</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> the animation of an isosurface of charge density moving through a given unit cell. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I can save the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">situation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> as an .xcry</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">den script file for play back, but on loading it doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t raise</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the Modify -> Animation Controls option. Only a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">n</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> .axsf file apparently does this. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Do I have to go through the script file</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> inserting</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ANIMSTEPS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> by hand?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I note that the XCrySDen forum archives has had no entries since April</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Is PW_Forum now the appropriate target for XCrySDen</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">issues?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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