Chapter 3. Menu description

Table of Contents

The File menu
Open
Recent Files...
Script...
Export
Print
Exit
The Edit menu
Select All
Deselect All
Preferences...
The Display menu
The View menu
Front/Top/Bottom/Right/Left
The Help menu
About Jmol
User Guide
What's New
Jmol Console

The File menu

Open

Open files in Jmol. Jmol can read a large number of file types, including:

  • ABINIT

  • ACES II

  • ADF - Amsterdam Density Functional

  • CML v2.0

  • GAMESS

  • Gaussian 92/94/98

  • Ghemical MM

  • Jaguar

  • MDL molfile

  • PDB

  • CIF/mmCIF

  • XYZ (single and multiple frame)

Recent Files...

Brings up a dialog with a list of the files the program has been asked to open recently. The file can be opened again by selecting it and clicking the Open button.

Script...

Opens a window where Jmol/RasMol/Chime scripting commands can be executed. RasMol/Chime Scripts contains information about RasMol/Chime Scripts.

Export

Export -> Export Image...

Jmol can export 24 bit color images of the following types:

  • JPG

  • PNG

  • PPM

Export -> Render in pov-ray...

For high quality images, Jmol interfaces with the POV-Ray ray tracer. To use this feature, you must have the povray command line utility installed. You can download it from http://www.povray.org/.

Print

Postscript files can be exported directly to printer and to file.

Exit

Quits this Jmol session.