SHELX-97 |
The most popular small-molecule crystal structure solution and refinement programs currently in use. The SHELX-97 software suite includes the programs SHELXS-97 and SHELXL-97 for which X-Seed was originally designed as a graphical interface. SHELX-97 is free for academic use, but must be obtained from Professor George Sheldrick.
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POV-Ray |
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. In order to create molecular graphic images, X-Seed requires that you download and install POV-Ray for Windows.
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RasMol |
Free software for viewing molecular structures. Real-time rotation in Stick, ball-and-stick, spacefill modes.
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Animagic |
Using POV-Ray, X-Seed is able to produce a series of files that represent the frames of an animated image - i.e. a molecule spinning about an axis. Many programs are available that can be used to piece the frames together to make a single animated file. The best program that I have found for this purpose is Animagic.
Shareware: $29.00.
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ACDSee |
The best image viewer and thumbnail browser for Windows.
Shareware: $40.00.
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Programmer's File Editor |
Excellent free text file editor.
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