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Miscellaneous Improvements

CrystalMaker 3 has been continually improved since its release, and versions 3.1, and later, feature many additional refinements. These include:-

Improved numeric precision for bond distance and angle calculations.
Greatly-improved Edit Crystal dialog: lattice parameter fields allow one extra decimal place; xyz fields now allow up to 7 decimal places; trailing zeroes are eliminated from the atomic coordinates list (making it easier to check data values) and list columns are now correctly aligned with the editing fields.
New Symmetry Options dialog with a tabbed interface.
QuickDraw (vector) graphics export for "photo-colour" images with atom spheres (N.B., some drawing programs such as Canvas 5 do not correctly interpret the resolution setting of PICT files and downgrade QuickDraw/PICT vector graphics to 72dpi; other programs such as Adobe Photoshop do not have this problem).
New "flat rendering" mode for atoms, bonds, polyhedra. Allows use of old CrystalMaker-2 "simple colour" style graphics with plain atom discs framed in white or black.
New "Hide Other Molecules" menu command, makes it easier to isolate a single molecule from the rest of a crystal structure (versions 3.1.3, and later)
Help buttons added to Info Window and various dialogs.
Info Window has new MacOS8-style greyscale appearance.
Improved procedure for launching help files and CrystalDiffract.
Polyhedra can now be generated for structures which have only one atom type.
File menu filename listing is validated on startup.
Increased default memory size from 6000K to 8000K.
Improved export of PDB files so that other programs understand atom names better.
Improved import of SHELX datafiles: CrystalMaker now interprets the "LATT" card and adds the appropriate symmetry generators.
Subtle improvements to toolbars (newly designed toolbar buttons and shading).

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