Volume 2 Chapter 3 3D-Constrain Sub-menu TRANSFORM
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2D/3D Display
When the first search hit is encountered the screen is cleared and a 2D/3D display such as
that shown below is generated.

Six units of information are presented in this display:
- The LOGO area contains summary and control information:
- the CCDC logo
- the reference code of the current hit
- the number of hits which have been kept in the current search
- the ordinal number of the entry in the database
- the button To 2D which allows the user to select the 2D display
- the button To 3D which allows the user to select the 3D display
Note that clicking the mouse in the CCDC logo refreshes the display.
- The 2D chemical diagram is displayed in the top-right area.
If no 2D-chemical diagram is available for the entry the following statement
is displayed:
No chemical diagram
- The 3D crystal diagram is displayed in the main drawing area.
By default
a
colour-coded stick diagram in minimum overlap view is shown.
If no 3D-crystal
diagram
is available for the entry the following statement is displayed:
No 3D Structure Diagram
- Reference information, displayed in the dialogue area, is scrollable
with the arrow keys on the keyboard.
- Menu commands are displayed below the 2D chemical diagram.
- A dialbox for manipulation of the 3D crystal diagram is displayed in the
bottom-right area.
This feature allows the user to rotate, move and scale the 3D crystal diagram.
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Volume 2 Chapter 4 Display Menus 2D DISPLAY.