fox - ab-initio structure determination from diffraction data
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Description
The fox (Free Objects for Crystallography) program was made for the ab initio crystal structure solution
from diffraction data. Its most interesting features for ab initio structure determination are:
* versatile description of the crystal contents;
* automatic correction for special positions and shared atoms between polyhedra;
* the ability to use simultaneously multiple powder patterns;
* smart global optimization algorithms;
* a graphical interface with a 3D crystal structure view and live updates during the optimization
process.
Examples
Foxsilicon.xml
Load file 'silicon.xml' and launch GUI.
FoxCimetidine-powder.xml--nogui--randomize-n1000000-obest.xml
Load file 'ktartrate.xml', randomize, then make 1 optimization of 1 million trials, and save the
best structure in 'best.xml'.
FoxCimetidine-powder.xml--nogui--randomize-n10000000--nbrun10-obest.xml
Load file 'Cimetidine-powder.xml', then make 10 runs (starting from a random structure) of 10
million trials (each run saves one xml file), and save the best structure in 'best.xml'.
FoxCimetidine-powder.xml--nogui--silent--randomize-n10000000--nbrun10--finalcost200000-obest.xml
Load file 'Cimetidine-powder.xml', then make 10 silent runs of 10 million trials (each run saves
one xml file), and save the best structure in 'best.xml'. For each run, the optimization stops if
the cost goes below 200000.
Name
fox - ab-initio structure determination from diffraction data
Options
This program my be executed with or without command line options or input file (file.xml). It follows
the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of
options is included below. For a complete description, see the fox wiki
http://objcryst.sourceforge.net/Fox/Manual--help Show summary of options.
--loadfouriergrdmap.grd
Load and display 'map.grd' fourier map with (first) crystal structure
--loadfourierdsn6map.DN6
Load and display a DSN6 fourier map with (first) crystal structure
--nogui
Run without GUI, automatically launches optimization --nogui may be accompanied by the following
options:
-n10000
Run for 10000 trials at most (default: 1000000)
--nbrun5
Do 5 runs, randomizing before each run (default: 1), use -1 to run indefinitely
-oout.xml
Output in 'out.xml'
--randomize
Randomize initial configuration
--silent
Produce (almost) no text output
--finalcost0.15
Run optimization until cost < 0.15
--cif2pattern1.54061705000.1
Simulate pattern for input crystal, wavelength=1.5406 up to 170° with 500 points anda peak width
of 0.1°
Synopsis
fox [options] [file.xml]
