Accelrys ViewerLite

[Parkin, D (Don)]

On Tuesday 21 May, David Roberts wrote:-

>> It has just come to my attention that Accelrys has withdrawn its
excellent free 
>> molecular viewing package ViewerLite and now only offers ViewerPro which
retails 
>> at $299. I would be interested (a) to know the reaction of other users of
this software 
>> to the news and (b) if there are any alternative freeware applications
that offer the 
>> same or similar functionality particularly for viewing crystal lattices. 

Have you looked at Mercury from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. 
It is a free product (subject to conditions of use) and can be used to view 
crystal lattices. Packing can be done and Angles and Distances measured. 
(see http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/prods/mercury/index.html)


Regards

Dr. Don Parkin
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Chemical Database Service,
Daresbury Laboratory,
Warrington,
Cheshire WA4 4AD
Phone: +44 1925 603162
e-mail: d.parkin at dl.ac.uk
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