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NAME

       drawxtl - display crystal structures on ordinary computer hardware

SYNOPSIS

       drawxtl [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       drawxtl  reads  a  basic  description  of  the crystal structure, which
       includes unit-cell parameters, space group, atomic coordinates, thermal
       parameters  or  a  Fourier  map,  and  outputs  a  geometry object that
       contains polyhedra, planes, lone-pair  cones,  spheres  or  ellipsoids,
       bonds, iso-surface Fourier contours and the unit-cell boundary.

       Four forms of graphics are produced:

       ·   an OpenGL window for immediate viewing

       ·   the  Persistence  of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-RAY) scene language for
           publication-quality drawings

       ·   the Virtual Reality  Modeling  Language  (VRML)  for  dissemination
           across the Internet

       ·   Postscript  rendering of the OpenGL window for those who want high-
           quality output but do not have POV-RAY installed

OPTIONS

       There are no command line options to use.

FILES

       ~/.drawxtlrc
              Per user configuration file.

       A short tutorial about this file and configuring drawxtl  is  available
       online at http://home.att.net/~larry.finger/drawxtl/configure.htm.

BUGS

       When  opening a structures (.str) file, drawxtl needs write permissions
       in the directory the file is located in. Otherwise it  will  return  an
       error ("Cannot open structures files.").

SEE ALSO

       A  FAQ  and a manual are available online in PDF and HTML format at the
       DRAWxtl homepage at http://home.att.net/~larry.finger/drawxtl/.

CITATION

       Please cite DRAWxtl as follows:

              Larry W. Finger, Martin Kroeker, and Brian H. Toby, DRAWxtl,  an
              open-source   computer   program  to  produce  crystal-structure
              drawings, J. Applied Crystallography V40, pp. 188-192, 2007.

       An     electronic     reprint     is      available      online      at
       http://home.att.net/~larry.finger/drawxtl/DRAWxtl_JAC.pdf.

AUTHORS

       Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>
              Author of the program and the former version called “crystal”.

       Martin Kroeker <martin@ruby.chemie.uni-freiburg.de>
              Author of the original POV and VRML modifications.

       Brian Toby <brian.toby@anl.gov>
              Author of the Fourier-contour code.

       Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de>
              Manpage author for the Debian system.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2007-2009 Daniel Leidert

       This  manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by
       others).

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify  this  document
       under  the  terms  of  the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at
       your  option)  any  later  version  published  by  the  Free   Software
       Foundation.

       On  Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.