Scan Results

The Results=>Scan menu path allows you to view plots of energy and other results from calculations that produce multiple structures among their results.


Example Scan Results
Clicking on a point in the graph causes the corresponding structure to appear in the View window.

There is more information about Working with Plots here.

3D Scan Plots

Gaussian Scan calculations over two variables are plotted by GaussView as three-dimensional surfaces. You can click on the various points in this plot as for 2D plots.

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Results Plot for a PES Scan over 2 Variables
Only scan calculations over exactly two variables will produce plots like this one.
Note that this plot can be rotated and zoomed using the standard mouse actions.

The context menu is different for 3D scans than for other plots (as illustrated above). The Show Nodes item allows you to display the locations of all structures as white dots (All, which is the default), only the Active node (as a green dot) or without special marking at the intersection (None). The other items control the display (Show items) and contents (Edit items) of various aspects of the plot.