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389 Points
Drawing tools in ChemDraw
Hi,
I've been a ChemDraw user for 6 years now and think it is an absolutely fantastic tool. In addition to chemical structures, I make quite a few figures/diagrams within ChemDraw so use the drawing tools a lot. There are a few tools that I've always thought would be really useful to have - are there any plans to incorporate any of the following into further versions of ChemDraw?
- An eyedropper colour tool.
- Some kind of basic colour gradient tool for shading shapes.
- More shapes in the Drawing Elements tab (specifically, triangles!).
- Some kind of tool for constructing tables.
- An automatic grid organisation tool (e.g. for scope tables, you currently have to use a mixture of align, group and distribute but this becomes a bit of a faff when you have more than a few dozen compounds).
Cheers!
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ChemDalf
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827 Points
8 months ago
Thank you for all the detailed feedback, those are all very nice improvement suggestions. The eyedropper is certainly already on the list for an upcoming version. For the rest, we'll take everything into account!
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jtd34
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389 Points
8 months ago
Thanks for getting back to me, nice to hear of things to come!
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NZ_Molecules
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280 Points
7 months ago
Some nice suggestions. I'd second the gradient colour tool and perhaps, instead of more shapes, just make the ones that exist editable?
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gs564
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270 Points
1 month ago
There are two workaround solutions I thought of: you can use the template shape triangle, and delete all of the 3D effects to get a simple and adjustable triangle. Alternatively, you can use cyclopropane and use the ring fill option (for example black) to have an easier to manipulate triangle--eg, you can make right, obtuse, and scalene triangles this way. This latter method is a bit finicky, and ChemDraw occasionally has issues with shading/transparency so it's definitely not the perfect solution for all situations. The former method is perfect as long as you don't want right or obtuse triangles!
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