standardized settings for multiple datasets

[Lloyd Bumm]

I have multiple volumetric datasets from VASP. I want to view them with the same isosurface, section, boundary, and structural model settings. Is there a way to do this? The "set default" in "Objects" > "Properties" doesn't do that--not sure it does anything. Being able to save and load a preferences file for each project would be most flexible.

As a work around, I can copy the .vesta files to the data directories for the other data sets. The works isosurface, section, boundary because it need to read that from the volumetric data file. But the structural data is stored in the .vesta file. As a work around, I can edit the data, but that is another 10 clicks and 3 dialog boxes. It would be much more straightforward if there was a way to simply reload all the data.

Thanks in advance.

[Lloyd Bumm]

I am using VESTA v 3.5.7 64-bit in Win 10 64 20H2.

[Lloyd Bumm]

OK, I found how to link to the structure file (CONTCAR) instead of including the structure parameters in the .vesta file.

SOLUTION: "Edit Data" > "structure parameters" > import from the structure file (CONTCAR), then click "link" under the file name (after you close the file selection dialog box). Then save the .vesta. The .vesa can then be copied into the directories of the other configurations so that the structure parameters are loaded from the local directory. Note that the fully qualified path name is listed in the Edit Data dialog, but what is saved in the .vesta appears to be relative. I surmise that because the structure and volumetric data are in the same directory in my case. What is written in the .vest file is simply the filename in my case.

COMMENTARY

I have not explored all the workflow permutations. The situation described in he OP resulted when I initially opened the volumetric datafile, which also contains the structure parameters. It is possible that other work flows would have given different results.