

ChemBasic, a chemistry-oriented programming tool, is included.ĬhemSketch's layout bears a strong resemblance to other drawing and modeling tools, CADware, and photo editors, although the sidebar's list of common chemical elements and symbols indicates the program's chemistry focus.


You can drag and rotate 3D models, zoom in and out, record frames, and manipulate the view in many ways. ACD/ChemSketch is an easy-to-use chemical modeling and rendering program with a versatile 3D viewer that lets you specify everything from shapes and colors to Initial Internuclear Distance (in Angstroms). While minimizations of several discrete structures using through-space forces may look correct, please understand the theory behind the force field you are using and that any force field not specifically developed or parameterized for intermolecular forces will not lead to experimentally accurate coordinates.Advanced Chemistry Development's ACD/ChemSketch Freeware bundle is the sort of easy-to-use cutting-edge toolkit that chemist Isaac Asimov predicted years ago, only it's not science fiction but real software you can download today. Please note, while you are able to optimize the entire scene, most force fields are not parameterized for multiple discrete molecular structures, and you will be relying on the through-space forces defined in the force field (mainly van der Waals and electrostatic), if defined at all. To do this, you can change the optimization scope to optimize the entire scene. However, you may wish to optimize several discrete molecular structures at the same time and in relation to each other.

ChemDoodle 3D therefore will optimize molecular structures separately and individually as you are editing them. Most small molecule force fields are optimized for describing individual discrete molecular structures.
