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533. CDRAFT: Chemical Draftsman
by L. Watt and J. Kao, Philip Morris, U.S.A., Research
Center, P.O. Box 26583, Richmond, Virginia 23261
CDRAFT (Chemical Draftsman) was written in response to
the need to provide chemists with a friendly and
interactive tool to display their work. In the past,
displays for publications or presentations were usually
first drawn by hand or with the use of stencils and
transfer symbols and then given to the graphics arts
department. Since many revisions were usually needed,
the time to produce just one display could be both
lengthy and frustrating. CDRAFT, however, provides all
the basic tools and allows chemists to produce their
own displays with relative ease and within shorter
periods of time. CDRAFT also allows its users to input
structures saved in files with various formats specific
to theoretical tools (e.g., molecular orbital,
molecular mechanics or molecular descriptor
calculations). These structures can be displayed in a
3-d perspective view or can be displayed showing bond
types (single, double, triple, etc.). More than one
structure may be brought in or built using the template
to show reactions. Roman and Greek characters can be
added to a display. Special symbols (such as wedges,
arrow, brackets, and orbital representations) are also
available and can easily be added. CDRAFT provides the
means to have text, structures and special symbols in
color. The program described here includes many
enhancements and new features to the version described
in "Chemical Draftsman (CDRAFT)" by the same authors
which appears in Computers and Chemistry, 9, 269
(1985).
FORTRAN 77
Lines of Code: 8352
NOTE: To utilize CDRAFT, one needs the TEKTRONIX PLOT-
10 Graphics Library. This is not delivered with
the system by QCPE.
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