xdrawchem(1)

xdrawchem1

Open-source chemical structures editor similar to chemdraw

Usage

xdrawchem [INPUT-FILE] [OPTION(S) ...] [OUTPUT-FILE]

Overview

xdrawchem is a program that attempts to duplicate the functionality of ChemDraw, a molecule structure drawing application. It operates in much the same fashion, and should be highly familiar to users of ChemDraw.

The currently packaged version is a fork of the original package; it is maintained by Yaman Qalieh <https://gitlab.com/yamanq>, see the copyright file.

xdrawchem has file compatibility with Chemdraw and MDL files. It can also create images in popular formats like PNG and EPS.

Options

xdrawchem accepts the following options:

-png OUTPUT-FILE

Create a PNG image of an input file and exit.

-t -png OUTPUT-FILE

Create a transparent PNG image of an input file and exit.

-3d OUTPUT-FILE

Create a Make 3D model of input file and output a MDL mofile.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0–10
  4. 11–13

-3d since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -png since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -t since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

Authors

Warren Stramiello <[email protected]>

Wrote this manpage for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

Daniel Leidert <[email protected]>

Updates for this manpage.

Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]>

Updates for this manpage.

From xdrawchem 1:1.11.1-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.