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by M. Schuetz, S. Perego and S. Leutwyler, Institute for Inorganic, Analytical and Physical Chemistry, University of Bern, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland

NorMode was developed on the IBM PC/AT for the graphical representation of both molecular structures and eigenvectors of normal modes. As input the program accepts the appropriate sections of GAUSSIAN 90¬ or CADPAC output files. Menu-selectable topics within the program include the drawing of bonds, annotation of bondlengths and the enabling of a special ball-and- stick mode which scales balls and sticks relative to their distance from the projection screen. Geometrical parameters such as interatomic distances, bond angles and dihedral angles can be measured by selecting an appropriate subset of atoms under mouse control. The program can output the actual display on the screen into a standard graphics metafile (*.CGM) which is readable by most currently available word processors or graphics packages.

NorMode is written in Topspeed Modula-2 (Jensen & Partners Int.)

Lines of Code: 1610 Topspeed Modula-2 / VGA Graphics / DOS 3.3 or later / Microsoft¬ or Logitech¬ compatible mouse