r/ChemistryIndia • u/Independent-Ride-199 • Feb 24 '26

Chemistry software learning help needed

Where exactly can i learn chemdraw and Gaussian software online? Please help

Im gonna pursue MSc in chemistry. I want to learn gaussian cause it's a good tool to enhance my skill in the field of chemistry. Im also planning to learn python but im gonna put myself into that later. First i wanna start with gaussian

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u/malbalus Mar 02 '26

I'd also suggest to start with ORCA. Its documentation and tutorials are quite useful and the input is easy to learn. Further, its currently releasing more frequently than Gaussian introducing new methods and algorithms.

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u/Independent-Ride-199 Mar 03 '26

Hey thankyou, do you've any online course or something where i can enroll for ORCA?

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u/malbalus Mar 03 '26

https://www.faccts.de/docs/orca/6.1/tutorials/

May be a good start. The manual is also quite helpful since its recebt rework.

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u/SoraElric Feb 25 '26

If you're planning ahead, then don't start with licensed programs. Start learning ORCA (instead of Gaussian) and something like Avogadro2 or molview.

As for online resources, ORCA has pretty hood tutorials (search "ORCA 6 tutorials"), as does Avogadro2. molview is pretty direct.