AOMX has a free-format input syntax at its disposal that allows for flexible control of the calculation. The model parameters and coordinates need not necessarily be supplied directly, but may equally well be associated with freely namable and arithmetically connectable variables for which even variation loops may be defined. This makes it possible to apply many different parametrization schemes (for instance instead of ), and it facilitates the exploitation of symmetry for the construction of coordinates of for optimiziation and variation of parameters.