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Visualizing Magnetic Moment

While performing non-colinear magnetic calculations, you will find a file named {system}.nc.xsf in the output directory. You can open this structure file in XCrySDen. XCrySDen Menu: File → Open Structure → Open XSF. Then go to Display menu and select Forces. You may need to adjust scaling for the force vectors, go to Modify → Force Settings and set suitable Length factor. You can change the background color from black from the Palette Menu which is located in the left of File menu. Here is an example output in XCrySDen:

RuCl3.nc