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Offline Telamond

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Computer Program for drawing mechanisms?
« on: October 08, 2008, 01:26:04 PM »
Does anyone know any free computer programs that lets you draw molecules and curly arrows for mechanisms?

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Re: Computer Program for drawing mechanisms?
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2008, 01:43:40 PM »
ISISDraw.  It's not great, but it's free and will get the job done.  You'll draw a curved arrow, then 2-D rotate to get the start and end where you want them.

Like I said, not perfect, but you get what you pay for.

http://www.mdli.com/products/framework/isis_draw/index.jsp
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Re: Computer Program for drawing mechanisms?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2008, 05:22:14 AM »
Chemsketch is also worth checking. It's very versatile and has also curly arrows drawing function in its repertoire (it takes a little practice to get them look the way you want though).

http://www.acdlabs.com/download/chemsk.html

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Re: Computer Program for drawing mechanisms?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2008, 09:13:58 AM »
Thanks for the help on both the programs!
ISISDraw is a bit complicated, Chemsketch is a lot easier for me to understand. Just, I don't know how to make the curle arrows for the reaction mechanisms, could you help me out with a screenshot maybe? ^^;

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Re: Computer Program for drawing mechanisms?
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2008, 09:58:39 AM »
Here you go, the relevant buttons are highlighted in red:

Click, hold down and twist, click, hold down and twist etc. When you are done, right-click and thats it.

If want simpler curly arrows, try the two buttons above the highlighted, this tip was for those more complex curly arrows.

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Re: Computer Program for drawing mechanisms?
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2008, 03:16:23 PM »
Thanks a lot! :D
It reminds a whole lot like the pen function on Photoshop! :D

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