VERSION & MATERIALS

Prepare your environment. Then explore.

Extension availability and public tutorial samples are listed separately below. The samples support the examples; installation requires a complete, validated QCBlender extension ZIP.

02 / Complete tutorial bundle

Follow the tutorial with the same inputs.

The Chinese SOP, all 12 topics, screenshots, renders and required public inputs, including CSV companion files and source declarations.

qcblender-tutorial-0.1.0.zip

ZIP · Complete Chinese tutorial and inputs

Download full tutorial

The tutorial bundle does not duplicate the extension installer. Retain the license, source and attribution notices for each file.

INSTALLATION

Choose a ZIP or remote repository installation.

  1. 01

    Check the environment

    Use the validated Windows x64 and Blender 5.1.1 environment. Other platforms and versions require separate validation.

  2. 02

    Install from disk

    Open Preferences → Get Extensions → menu → Install from Disk. Choose the complete extension ZIP and enable QCBlender.

  3. 03

    Check the scientific runtime

    Run Check Scientific Runtime in the QCBlender add-on preferences, then start with P01 in the Chinese tutorial.

The complete extension includes the required scientific libraries. No separate Python environment is needed at runtime.

Install from the remote repository

After the public Release is available, use the complete index URL: https://notes.psiqaq.cn/QCBlender/index.json

  1. Enable Allow Online Access under Edit → Preferences → System → Network.
  2. Open Get Extensions → Repositories → + → Add Remote Repository and paste the complete URL above.
  3. Sync the repository, search for QCBlender and install it. Confirm it is enabled under Add-ons, then run Check Scientific Runtime.

Before you begin

Compatibility & calculation scope

Other platforms and versions have not been validated here. Built-in wavefunction evaluation excludes ECP, complex orbitals and periodic systems. ORCA OUT/HESS supports existing properties and vibrations; GBW, ORCA JSON and .mwfn have no direct importer. See File formats for version and data conditions.

Validated
Windows x64 · Blender 5.1.1
Extension manifest
Blender ≥ 5.1.1 and < 5.2.0
Built-in evaluation
Nonperiodic, real-valued, all-electron HF/DFT
Calculation scope
Existing results and grid evaluation; no new SCF

Begin with P01

Make your first orbital image.

A complete Chinese tutorial takes you from installation to saving a project, with focused topics for the next question.

Open the Chinese tutorial