Hi Adrian,

Have you tried the ChimeraX SEQCROW plugin (install with ChimeraX menu entry Tools / More Tools...)? It has capabilities to visualize ORCA results and setup ORCA runs. I don't know details of its capabilities. It was written by Tony Schaefer who sometimes reads this mailing list.

Tom

On Aug 20, 2026, at 1:37 PM, Adrian Tudini via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi

My name is Adrian and I am currently using ChimeraX for private research. In my use of ChimeraX, may I suggest some improvements for ChimeraX. If yes, they are listed below:

Currently ChimeraX displays a *.cube file with just one molecular orbital in it from ORCA 6.1.1 (processed by orca_plot). It would be nice if Chimera X can display all Molecular Orbitals of a system at the one time.

Display overtone and combination bands of an IR spectrum, again from ORCA 6.1.1.

Able to select atoms (elements) to build complex systems, then optimizing that system to find the Ground State of that system. Then exporting the co-ordinates of that system into an input file for ORCA 6.1.1 and beyond.

Just a few thoughts.

Thanks.

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Adrian Tudini

Sole Trader

ECOVIB2D

Email: ecovib2d@live.com

website: https://ecovib2d.com.au/index.php

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