View#
Show unit cell#
ctrl+U
Show or hide the dotted lines representing the unit cell.
Show axes#
Show or hide the axes widget in the bottom left corner.
Show bonds#
ctrl+B
Toggle between the default view and ball-and-stick view.
Show velocities#
ctrl+G
Show or hide velocity vectors.
Show forces#
ctrl+F
Show or hide force vectors.
Show magmoms#
Show or hide magnetic moment vectors.
Show labels#
Choose from a number of labels to be superimposed on the atoms:
Atom index
Magnetic moment
Chemical symbol
Initial charge
Quick info#
ctrl+I
Show a window with a variety of information about the current image, including chemical composition, cell parameters, cached calculator etc.
Repeat#
R
Menu to allow repetition of periodic unit cells. Use the ‘Set unit cell’ button to set the overall unit cell to the current one.
Rotate#
Menu to manually fine tune the viewing angle. Use ‘Update’ button to set the menu to the current angle.
Colors#
C
The colors menu allows numerous ways to change the color scheme and to encode additional information into the colors of the atoms. This includes automatic coloring by atomic numbers (default), tags, forces, velocity, charge or magnetic moment.
Focus#
F
Center the atoms and cell in the image and set zoom so they all fit in view.
Zoom in / out#
+ (Zoom in) / - (Zoom out)
Change view#
Set the camera to one of several views that are aligned with the coordinate or cell axes.
Settings#
A selection of settings, including constraining/unconstraining atoms, marking selected atoms as invisible, and setting the scaling of vectors and atomic radii.
VMD / RasMol / xmakemol / avogadro#
Pipe the current Atoms object to be viewed in the program of choice.