CrystalMaker is an award-winning Mac program for building, displaying and manipulating all kinds of crystal and molecular structures.
CrystalMaker makes it easy to load structural data and generate photo-realistic images, with the option of "out-of-the-screen" 3D images. Models can be displayed immediately in ball-and-stick, thermal ellipsoid, space-filling, wire-frame, stick and polyhedral model types. All aspects of the model can be extensively customized, with a wide range of photo-realistic or stylized "line-art" representations. See our online gallery for 3D movies, rotating crystals, animations, and slideshows.
Note: Apple Bug Fix. We are pleased to report that, having reported a bug with "multi touch" on OS X 10.10.2 and later, the latest "Yosemite" update, version 10.10.4, now allows "multi touch" to work again with CrystalMaker.
Improvements to CIF Import
- In this release we have streamlined the syntax checking for symmetry, relegating the warnings for non-standard spacegroup symbols to the Log - provided that the same input file contains a valid list of general equivalent positions (required, as part of the CIF file format, but occasionally ignored by third parties).
- CrystalMaker also now correctly handles the import of Biso values, which are converted to the more-generally-used Uiso format, during thte import process.
Miscellaneous Changes
- This version includes a minor enhancement to the Bend command and the addition of a command to the toolbar Range menu.
- The Selection > Bend command now uses the horizontal plot centre as its reference point, rather than the three-dimensional centre-of-gravity. Whilst both methods are equally valid, the new scheme ensures that the bent lattice is centred with respect to the starting conditions.
- The Show Asymmetric Unit command has been added to the window toolbar's Range popup menu.
