MOLDRAW: a program to display and manipulate molecular and crystalline structures

 

by Piero UGLIENGO  University of Torino - Dipartimento Chimica. Via P. Giuria 7 -10125 Torino. ITALY

MS Windows (Linux & Mac OS X) - 
http://www.moldraw.unito.it  

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Main features

Mouse actions
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File format
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Mouse actions


 

By convention, MOLDRAW defines a set of orthonormal axis following the right-hand convention, i.e. the X axis runs from left to right parallel to the desk plane, the Y axis runs from bottom to top perpendicular to the desk plane and the Z axis is perpendicular to the screen plane (X-Y plane) with the positive end running towards the user's eyes.

 

 

Each structure can be rotated and translated by holding the right-mouse button while dragging the mouse. The following combinations apply:

 

 

  • Right-mouse button: structure rotates around X or Y axis
  • CTRL+Right-mouse button: structure rotates around Z axis
  • ALT+Right-mouse button: structure translates in the X-Y plane
  • SHIFT+Right-mouse button: zoom-in or out the actual view


 

 


 


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