Diamond Version 3: Multiple structure data sets, multiple pictures

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While Diamond 2.x allows only one structure data set and one picture in a Diamond 2 document (DSF file), a Diamond 3 document can hold multiple structure data sets and, for each data set, multiple structure pictures, e.g. a single molecule and a packing diagram, in several views, with different designs, etc.
The following screen shot shows a typical situation with two documents open ("ta1215.dsf" and "ta1406.dsf"). While "ta1406" has only one picture assigned ("Unit cell of ta1406"), "ta1215" has already three. The pictures of the active document are represented in the "Thumbnails" control window, here docked at the left bottom of the Diamond application window. The "Navigation" window (top left) allows to navigate through these pictures and other views (which are handled in detail in one of the other feature pages).
Navigation and thumbnail window may be hidden or moved to another position. Additionally, the links at the top of a document window, looking like tabs, can be used to switch to another view.

The structure table (top pane in the following screen shot) gives you a compact overview of the data sets in a Diamond 3 document that has e.g. been imported from a crystal structure database subset, with picture thumbnails (bottom left pane) and the data brief (bottom right pane). Both table and data brief are configurable.

Data sets can be copied, moved between documents, inserted (imported) from other files.

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