Tutorials
- Getting started gives an idea how things work.
- The first tutorial depicts the typical work flow of a calculation in a step by step manner.
- A simple volume optimization is explained for the example of silver.
- The excited states tutorial explains how to get the dielectric function via TDDFT and the solution of the Bethe Salpeter equation (BSE).
Calculation types
A typical calculation follows one of the 3 patterns or calculation types:
Input reference
The Input reference gives a detailed description of all the parameters which can be defined in the input. Also available as excitinginput.pdf.
Templating tools
If you actually start doing "real work" you want to get familiar with the Templating Tools. They unveil great power when dealing with complex experiment setups and data visualization. The Template Market lists many examples.
Structure generation and editing
Spacegroup and supercells
The spacegroup tool helps completing the unit cell from the space-group and Wyckoff positions.
Learn how to use spacegroup.
Structure visualization
Use xcrysden to visualize exciting input files with:xmlinput2xsf.xsl
Species files and the species tool
Exciting includes a tool to generate the species definitions for the chemical elements. Learn how to use it and how the species file syntax works by looking at Generate the species definitions.
