[Wien] Interactive crystal builder/editor

[Laurence Marks]

My 2 cents; I would be interested in others:

a) Cryscon, Shape Software. Can read Wien2k struct files and does a
good job transforming cells, output to cif. Latest version tries to
find the symmetry, but I've rarely got it to work. Shareware,
windows/linux/mac.
b) The latest pre-release Jmol (11.7.36 or higher) can read struct
files, thanks to Bob Hanson. Jmol does a lot with good graphics so you
might be able to edit with it, not sure. Free.
c) I frequently use cif files and edit these (very simple), using a
viewer such as ATOMS (Shape Software). Demo version has ugly "ATOMS"
over viewer, windows/linux/mac, very commonly used in inorganic
chemisty.
d) structeditor in Wien2k (never used it myself).

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Oleg Rubel <rubelo at tbh.net> wrote:
> Dear Scott,
>
> thank you for pointing out the converters. Can you suggest any package, which is reasonably priced or even free?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Oleg
>
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Laurence Marks
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