Output file formats
OVITO can export data in the following file formats:
Format name |
Description |
Exportable data types |
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LAMMPS data |
File format read by the LAMMPS molecular dynamics code. |
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LAMMPS dump |
Trajectory format used by the LAMMPS molecular dynamics code. |
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XYZ |
A simple column-based text format, which is documented here and here. |
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POSCAR |
File format used by the ab initio simulation package VASP. |
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IMD |
File format used by the molecular dynamics code IMD. |
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FHI-aims |
File format used by the ab initio simulation package FHI-aims. |
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NetCDF |
Binary format for molecular dynamics data following the AMBER format convention. |
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GSD/HOOMD |
Binary molecular dynamics format used by the HOOMD-blue code. See GSD (General Simulation Data) format. |
particles, bonds, angles, dihedrals, impropers, global attributes |
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Table of values |
A simple tabular text file with scalar quantities computed by OVITO’s data pipeline. |
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VTK |
Generic text-based data format used by the ParaView software. |
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glTF pro |
Exports the entire scene to a 3d model file in the glTF format, which can be imported by other applications such as Blender or PowerPoint. |
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POV-Ray scene |
Exports the entire scene to a file that can be rendered with POV-Ray. |
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Crystal Analysis (.ca) |
Format that can store dislocation lines extracted from an atomistic crystal model by the Dislocation analysis (DXA) modifier. The format is documented here. |
See also
ovito.io.export_file()
(Python API)