Avogadro/C2/Overview-of-Avogadro/English-timed
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| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Overview of Avdogadro. |
| 00:05 | In this tutorial we will learn,
About Avogadro software Download and installation of Avogadro To open the documentation page |
| 00:19 | About Avogadro interface
Benefits of Avogadro and Play video clippings of Avogadro tutorials available on our website. |
| 00:31 | To record this tutorial, I am using,
Ubuntu Linux OS version 14.04 Avogadro version 1.1.1 Mozilla Firefox Browser 58.0.2 A working internet connection. |
| 00:50 | To follow this tutorial you should have knowledge of high School Chemistry. |
| 00:57 | Avogadro is a three dimensional molecular builder, editor and visualization tool. |
| 01:03 | It is free and open source software. |
| 01:06 | We can build, load and edit 3D structures of various molecules. |
| 01:12 | It runs on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux operating systems. |
| 01:18 | Now we will download Avogadro on Windows operating system. |
| 01:23 | Open your default browser. In the address bar type avogadro.cc and press Enter. |
| 01:32 | Click on Download link. |
| 01:35 | A dialog box opens, prompting us to save the file. |
| 01:40 | Click on Save File button. |
| 01:43 | Avogadro.exe file downloads to the Downloads folder. |
| 01:48 | To install Avogadro, double click on Avogadro.exe file. Avogadro setup Wizard opens. |
| 01:58 | Click Next button in the wizard window. |
| 02:02 | Click on I Agree button to continue installation. |
| 02:07 | Click on Create Avogadro Desktop Icon check box. Then click on Next button. |
| 02:15 | Click again on Next button. |
| 02:18 | Then click on Install button. Installation takes a few seconds. |
| 02:25 | Click on Finish button in the wizard window to complete the installation. |
| 02:31 | Avogadro interface opens. Let's learn to install Avogadro in Mac OSX. |
| 02:39 | Open the default web browser in Mac OSX. |
| 02:43 | In the address bar type: https://avogadro.cc. |
| 02:50 | Click on the Download link. |
| 02:53 | Download Avogadro from SourceForge page opens. |
| 02:58 | A dialog box opens prompting us to save the file. |
| 03:03 | Select the Save File radio button. |
| 03:06 | Then click on OK button at the bottom. |
| 03:10 | Avogadro downloads as .dmg file to the Downloads folder. |
| 03:16 | Double-click the folder to open it. Avogadro file browser opens. |
| 03:22 | Drag the Avogadro icon to Applications folder. |
| 03:26 | Avogadro software will be copied to the Applications folder. |
| 03:31 | Click on Applications icon on the left panel to open it. |
| 03:36 | Notice the Avogadro icon in the Applications folder. Click on Avogadro icon. |
| 03:44 | Unidentified developer message appears. |
| 03:48 | Click on the Ok button at the bottom. |
| 03:52 | Open System Preferences window and select Security & Privacy option. |
| 03:59 | In Security & Privacy window, select Click the lock to make changes icon. |
| 04:05 | In the unlock Security & Privacy preferences box, type username and password. |
| 04:12 | Click Unlock button at the bottom. |
| 04:15 | Under Allow apps downloaded from: select Anywhere radio button. |
| 04:21 | Then click on Allow From Anywhere button. |
| 04:25 | Click on Click the lock to make changes icon. |
| 04:30 | Close the Security & Privarcy window. |
| 04:34 | Click on Avogadro icon. |
| 04:37 | A message box opens. In the box click Open button. |
| 04:43 | Avogadro application opens. |
| 04:46 | This means we have installed Avogadro successfully on our Mac OSX machine. |
| 04:53 | Now, we will learn to install Avogadro on Ubuntu Linux machine. |
| 04:58 | In Ubuntu Linux OS, we can directly download Avogadro using either-
Synaptic Package Manager or Ubuntu Software center. |
| 05:08 | I have already opened Ubuntu Software center using the Launcher. |
| 05:13 | In the Search box type avogadro.
Avogadro icon appears. Click on the icon. |
| 05:22 | Below the icon, you can see a button named More Info. Click on this button. |
| 05:29 | A window opens with all the information about Avogadro. |
| 05:34 | On the right side of the window, click on Install button. |
| 05:39 | Once the installation starts, Authenticate dialog-box opens. |
| 05:44 | Type the system password and click on Authenticate button at the bottom. Installation takes a few seconds. |
| 05:53 | Once the installation is complete, you can see a green coloured tick mark on the Avogadro icon. |
| 06:00 | This means we have successfully installed Avogadro on our Ubuntu Linux machine. |
| 06:07 | Install Java Virtual Machine for smooth working of Avogadro software. |
| 06:13 | Here is the link to install java. https://java.com/download. |
| 06:16 | Now I will show the documentation page of Avogadro. |
| 06:21 | Open your default web browser. |
| 06:24 | In the address bar type: |
| 06:32 | A new page open with the details about documentation of Avogadro. |
| 06:39 | This is the Avogadro interface. |
| 06:42 | It has a standard menu bar with menu items. |
| 06:46 | We will learn about each of these in detail in the series. |
| 06:52 | Below the menu bar we have various tool bars. |
| 06:57 | Now we will see the benefits of Avogadro. |
| 07:01 | It offers flexible high quality rendering
Energy minimisation can be done for the molecules to obtain stable conformations. |
| 07:12 | It has a huge fragment library to load inbuilt structures
Files can be exported to png, jpg, bmp file formats. |
| 07:24 | Two or more structures can be built or loaded on the panel. |
| 07:29 | Now, we will briefly go through the individual tutorials created in this series. |
| 07:35 | The first tutorial, Build molecules explains how to,
Build molecules Show fragment library |
| 07:44 | Set up force field and optimize geometry
Measure bond lengths, bond angles and dihedral angles. |
| 07:53 | Here is the video clipping of this tutorial. |
| 08:08 | The next tutorial is Edit Molecules. This tutorial explains about, editing properties in Avogadro. |
| 08:18 | Let us listen to the video clipping of the tutorial. |
| 08:33 | The next tutorial in the series is Create surfaces. |
| 08:37 | This tutorial explains about, Properties of molecules, label the atoms with partial charge |
| 08:44 | Create Van der waals surfaces. |
| 08:47 | Let us listen to the video clipping of this tutorial. |
| 09:05 | Next tutorial is Hydrogen Bonding. |
| 09:08 | This tutorial explains, How to configure Avogadro |
| 09:12 | Show hydrogen bonding in molecules |
| 09:18 | Show force display type and dipole moments in molecules. |
| 09:23 | Let us listen to the video clipping of the tutorial. |
| 09:37 | Next tutorial is General Features in Avogadro. |
| 09:42 | This tutorial explains about, Proton transfer in molecules by changing pH values |
| 09:50 | Load crystal structure and show Miller planes Build super cells and nanotubes |
| 09:57 | Show geometries in coordination compounds. |
| 10:01 | Let us listen to the video clipping of this tutorial. |
| 10:20 | Next tutorial is Stereoisomerism. This tutorial explains about, Stereoisomerism with examples. |
| 10:30 | Let us listen to the video clipping of this tutorial. |
| 10:48 | Next tutorial is File Extensions. |
| 10:52 | This tutorial explains about, How to prepare input files for computational chemistry programmes |
| 11:00 | View molecular orbitals and calculate IR spectrum. |
| 11:04 | Let us listen to the video clipping of this tutorial. |
| 11:20 | Let us summarise now. |
| 11:22 | In this tutorial we have learnt,
About Avogadro software Download and installation of Avogadro |
| 11:32 | To open the documentation page
About Avogadro interface Benefits of Avogadro and |
| 11:40 | Play video clippings of Avogadro tutorials available on our website. |
| 11:47 | As an assignment,
Install Avogadro on your machine. Open Avogadro interface and explore. |
| 11:55 | Another assignment.
Go through the menus and tool bars. Change the background colour of the Panel. |
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