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BKchem is free chemical drawing program with many features, written in python. Find BKchem at: http://bkchem.zirael.org/

V_Sim visualizes atomic structures such as crystals, grain boundaries, etc. V_Sim can use information from files in binary d3 format, in ascii, or in "xyz" format. Find V_Sim at: http://www-drfmc.cea.fr/sp2m/L_Sim/V_Sim/index.en.html

The General Atomistic Modelling Graphic Interface. GAMGI aims to be useful for: 1) the scientific community working in Atomistic Modelling, that needs a graphic interface to build input data and to view and analyse output data, calculated with Ab-Initio and … Continue reading →

Tessel is a 3D "compiler" to produce crystal and molecular models, parametric surfaces and several forms of sphere tesselations. Molecular models combine balls-and-sticks, arrows and coordination polyhedra representations of pure and defective crystals, finite molecules or clusters. The Madelung potential … Continue reading →

VEGA was developed to create a bridge between most of the molecular software packages. In this tool have been also implemented some features that are useful to analyze, display and manage the 3D structures of molecules. Find VEGa at: http://users.unimi.it/~ddl

A utility for animating molecular vibrations. Find XVibs at: http://xvibs.sourceforge.net/

XMakemol is a program written for UN*X operating systems in ANSI C using the X, Xt and Motif libraries. It can be used to view and manipulate atomic and molecular data given in xyz format. Find XMakemol at: http://www.nongnu.org/xmakemol/

XBS is a simple but very useful program for plotting ball-and-sticks models of molecules or crystals under the X Window system. Find XBS at: http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/resources/software/X-WINDOW/xbs/index.shtml

Viewmol is an open source graphical front end for computational chemistry programs. It is able to graphically aid in the generation of molecular structures for computations and to visualize their results. Find Viewmol at: http://viewmol.sourceforge.net/

Raster3D is a set of tools for generating high quality raster images of proteins or other molecules. Find Raster3D at: http://www.bmsc.washington.edu/raster3d/raster3d.html