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QtDraw

CMT-MU / QtDraw

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5 1 8 Open issues / PRsUpdated: 2026-10-13

Overview

3D drawing tool for molecules and crystals based on PyVista and Qt.

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QtDraw

3D drawing tool especially for molecules and crystals based on PyVista and PySide6. Drawings are associated with crystallographic symmetry operations provided by MultiPie.

  • Authors: Hiroaki Kusunose

  • Installation: QtDraw can be installed from PyPI using pip on Python >= 3.11: In order to use MathJax rendering for LaTeX, install playwright browser such as chromium.

    pip install qtdraw
    playwright install chromium  # for Linux use `playwright install-deps chromium` instead.
    
  • Shell commands:

    • qtdraw [filename] : Open QtDraw file.
    • conv_qtdraw3 [ver1_file.qtdw] : Convert Version 1 .qtdw file into this version (Version 3).
  • Requirements:

    • [Optional] Symmetry operation supports are provided by MultiPie.
    • This project includes MathJax, which is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
  • Citing QtDraw and MultiPie: If you are using QtDraw and/or MultiPie in your scientific research, please help our scientific visibility by citing our work:

    Hiroaki Kusunose, Rikuto Oiwa, and Satoru Hayami, Symmetry-adapted modeling for molecules and crystals, Phys. Rev. B 107, 195118 (2023).
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.195118

Source: https://github.com/CMT-MU/QtDraw README

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Primary language
Python
Languages
Python, Jupyter Notebook
License
MIT
Provider
github

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