CrystalMaker Guide: Custom Display

CrystalMaker permits fine control over many aspects of a model's display, including: unit cell line colour, polyhedral types, bond thicknesses, etc.

Customizing your Plot

You can use the Model Options dialog (Model > Model Options...) to change the way in which your model is displayed. The dialog has a number of tabs which let you switch between different "pages" of settings for the currently-displayed structure:-

• Atoms - specify atom style (black & white plots only).
• Bonds - specify relative bond thickness, colouring scheme and (black & white plots only) bond style.
• Polyhedra - choose different polyhedral styles (solid, translucent, stick, etc.) for different sites in the structure.
• Surface - define surface colour, opacity, plot type, and shell radius for surface plotting (relative to atomic radii).
• Unit cell - specify unit cell line thickness, colour, display (smooth or dashed) and other options.
• aXes - specify colours for the axis display.
• Labels - specify what information should be displayed by atom labels (e.g., site label, chemical element, atom number or z-coordinate), the label position, and text font.
• backGround - select a plain or gradient-fill background and colour.

You can switch between the tabs by clicking on them, or by pressing the appropriate key (denoted by the capitalised letter in the tab's name).

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