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 BKchem v0.11.6 running under Mac OS X 10.4.8 |
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| Design by | Beda Kosata |
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| Developed by | Beda Kosata |
| Latest release | 0.12.5 / 26 November 2008 |
| Written in | Python, Tcl/Tk |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Scientific |
| License | GPL |
| Website | http://bkchem.zirael.org |
BKchem is a free 2D molecule editor written in Python by Beda Kosata. As such, it is largely platform-independent.
Major features
Drawing:
- Bond by bond drawing
- Straight and curved arrows
- Radicals, lone pairs and charges
- Templates for drawing common structure (users can create their own)
- Simple vector graphics
Editing:
- Unlimited undo/redo capabilities
- Aligning, scaling and rotation (2D and 3D)
Exports to:
- SVG
- OpenOffice Draw
- EPS (Encapsulated Postscript)
- Molfile
- PNG (with pycairo installed)
- SMILES (Stereochemistry is not supported)
- InChI (with InChI program)
Imports:
Other features:
- Searching BKchem files for a molecule or a fragment of a molecule
- Localization support (currently English, French, Czech and Polish translations are available)
- Support for user written plugins
- Validity checking
- Can be run from source with Python
Startup Image
BKchem's splash logo shows a image of the THC molecule, one of the psychoactives in cannabis.
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Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 26 November 2008, at 16:25.
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