

Finally, click the Start Spinning button. Thirdly, uncheck the Lock Rotation Axis to Screen setting (important, as you want rotation relative to your structure). Secondly, open the Spin popover and click the Z preset.

Firstly, choose the Transform > View Direction > Set View Direction command to orient your structure. Once your structure is spinning, you can manually rotate it (e.g., by clicking-and-dragging with the mouse) and still have the structure continue spinning about your chosen cell axis. Click the Cell preset, then click the Start Spinning button. Next, open the Spin popover (e.g., by clicking and holding down the mouse over the toolbar Spin button). Simply rotate your structure so that the desired unit cell axis is approximately vertical (i.e., parallel to the screen Y axis, which runs from bottom-to-top of the screen). This prevents potential confusion when another document window comes to the front and popovers from the previous window appear above.įixed a very-rare bug involving the "Notes" field in CrystalMaker text (CMTX) files.įixed an issue with the crystal structure of Anhydrite, as including in the "Sedimentary Minerals" group of the library browser. This version includes miscellaneous fixes and enhancements.ĭetached popovers are now closed when switching to another window. Such files-used for simulation of high-resolution TEM images-comprise a rectangular unit cell with basic site information. This version can import structural data from a "Prismatic" data file.

However, if one of the axial vectors is closest, it will be used, followed by one of the major lattice vectors, in the range –1 ≤ UVW ≤ +1.Ī further refinement is that the rotation should now appear rock solid, even when using large angular increments. If a cell face normal is closest to the vertical, then that becomes the rotation axis (as in version 10.8). The program chooses the best rotation axis, depending on the unit cell orientation. You can now automatically rotate your structure about an optimum rotation axis, thanks to a revised Cell option in the Spin popover.
