2 Generating a Single Structure

There are two methods of generating structures using NanoCap; producing structures individually or a batch of structures found using a structure search. Creation of a single structure is useful when a structure is required quickly and there is little need for the structure to be the lowest in energy.

A single structure is constructed via:

File–New Structure–Single Structure

which displays the current list of available structures in NanoCap:

Figure 1: NanoCap structure list for adding a single structure

Adding a structures produces a blank template containing no points or atoms. Each of the structures listed above are discussed in the following sections.