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Free Molecular Modeling SoftwareRasMolChime is based on a molecular modeling program called RasMol written by Roger Sayle. Rasmol is driven by a relatively simple but powerful scripting and command language. Chime has inherited many features from its parent program. Chime has many new features that Rasmol lacks, but Rasmol is available for more platforms - Unix and Linux in addition to Windows and MacOS. Like Chime, it is free. Download
Marco Molinari of UC Berkeley
has developed UCB-Rasmol which adds a graphical interface for model
manipulation tools. UCB-Rasmol can also load up to five molecules at a time
and move them independently. However, it does not work well with stereo or
with most Rasmol scripts.
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ChemOffice This commercial molecular modeling package is available from CambridgeSoft Corporation. The free version is called CS ChemOffice Net. Although limited in functionality, this package includes viewers that can be used to view both 2D and 3D molecular structures. Download How to Find Sites Using ChimeChime Resources by Eric MartzThis is the premier site for anyone wanting to learn how to use Chime. In addition to maintaining this site and the Rasmol Home Page, Martz has developed several Chime-based biochemistry tutorials. Martz has also compiled the comprehensive World Index to Educational BioMolecular Structure Tutorials in Chime and Rasmol list. It is the most complete directory of biological Chime resources available. MDLI Chime Demonstrations, Tutorials and Documentation The developers of Chime, MDL Information Services, offer this excellent page featuring useful Chime documentation and several Chime demonstrations. There are also links to other Chime-based chemistry resources on the World Wide Web. Bernstein + Sons Bernstein + Sons have continued the development of Rasmol past version 2.6. They are currently working to integrate the UCB-Rasmol modifications into the main Rasmol source. This site is the primary source of information, documentation, source code and binaries for Rasmol 2.7 and beyond. Others Lessons using Chime in an organic chemistry course can be found at the Colby College Chemistry Department. A course in Medical Biochemistry at the University of Kansas makes extensive use of Chime and molecular models in several tutorials available online. Sources of Models
Chime can open several types of molecular model files. The two most common of these formats are PDB files, which have a suffix of .pdb, and MDL molfiles, which have a suffix of .mol. Already built PDB and molfiles can be found at many sites on the World Wide Web. Here are a few sites that we have found to be useful. Other Chemistry Resources
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