Tip: occasionally clean the xcrysden's scratch directory (i.e. $XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH). This can be done also by the xc_cleanscratch utility.

The documentation of XCrySDen is available only in HTML format. For the beginners, it is strongly suggested to start with the Short introduction to XCrySDen (read at least subsection 1.3 Useful hints).

Here you can download XCrySDen documentation as tar-gzipped archive (file xcrysden-doc.tgz, size: 3.3 MB).

• To start with ...
  • Installation instructions
     
  • Short introduction to XCrySDen
     
  • Description of XCrySDen's main window and menus (description of all menus with links to other useful documents)
     
  • Description of XCrySDen's command line options
     
• Description of interfaces to ab initio programs:
  • For CRYSTAL program   (http://www.crystal.unito.it/)
     
  • For PWscf program   (http://www.pwscf.org/)
     
  • For WIEN program   (http://www.wien2k.at/)
     
  • External converting utilities
  • • xsfConvert   (for VASP and TB-LMTO-ASA)
    • Sies2xsf   (for SIESTA)
    • check2xsf   (for CASTEP)
       
• Description of XCrySDen's XSF (XCrySDen Structure File) format.
   
• Description of XCrySDen's Fermi surface viewer
   
• XCrySDen's HOWTO
   
• XCrySDen's FAQ