Crystal Studio is a comprehensive tool for creation, display, and manipulation of crystal structures and for the simulation of diffraction patterns. Empowered with a crystallographic database, Crystal Studio lets you create stunning photo-realistic 3D graphics and diffraction patterns with just a few mouse clicks.
Database Powered
Crystal Studio is integrated with crystallographic databases containing information about the 230 standard space groups, all elements in the Periodic Table (valence, radii etc.) and the latest data for atomic scattering amplitude and Debye-Waller factors for diffraction calculations. The database also include a crystal structure database and a layer/cluster database. You can build your own crystal structure database for easy access to your routine crystal structures. Non-standard space group specifications can be created and added to the database by user.
Powerful Features Let You Build Various Kinds of Crystal Structures
- Enter your crystal structure in database, you can use it every time you start the program.
- Stack up your crystal structure layer by layer.
- Delete, change or replace certain atoms with atomic clusters to build super-lattice cells etc.
- Multiple cell styles, conventional, primitive (reduced), or customized, or even plotted as polyhedra stacks or stick model.
- Visualize different planes or polyhedra in the crystal structure in translucent style.
- Create atom views for different planes and/or layers.
- Look at the atom stacking layer by layer in the same high quality stunning graphics.
- Plot translucent or opaque vacant site polyhedra or coordination polyhedra.
- Add interstitial atoms with site occupancy factors, do doping etc.
- View the crystal in different directions, animate the crystal through a rotation axis and a rotation center with controllable speed, rotate the crystal by mouse drag etcä.
- Plot interactive powder XRD patterns, zone axis electron diffraction patterns and/or stereographic projections.
- Create text label with the font, style, size and color of your choice.
- All Hermann-Mauguin and Schoenflies symbols are displayed exactly as they appears in International Tables with subscripts and superscripts and negative signs on top.
Simple User Interface
Most functions and procedures can be accomplished by simple mouse clicks. Use 5 mouse clicks to create a 3D crystal with stunning color and 3D realism. Use six mouse clicks to plot powder XRD pattern, zone axis electron diffraction pattern or stereographic projections. Double click on any object such as atoms, bonds and polyhedra to invoke a dialog box for changing various aspects for that object and/or its equivalents. You can change various parameters either in individual or in equivalent classes. Double click anywhere else on the view invokes dialog or property sheet for you to change various parameters for the view. You can edit the crystal structure visually. Right mouse button click on 3D views and objects invoke a pop-up menu for editing of the views and objects, repectively. These pop-up menus make editing in 3D view quick and easy.
Photo-Realistic High Quality Graphics
Crystal Studio produces photo-realistic graphics with stunning color and 3D realism augmented by controllable lighting effects and unlimited selection of colors for equivalent classes of objects or individual objects. The graphics can be output to most Windows applicationsor saved as JPEG, gif, or animated gif/avi files. Such high quality graphics can also be printed out on high quality color printers. Two examples are shown here and here.
For additional examples of the images produced by Crystal Studio, visit CrystalSoft web site.
File and Data Import
CIF (Crystal Information File) files can be imported as documents to work with. Various tools can then be used to work on the imported crystal structure. Crystal structure data and unit cell atom arrangement data saved elsewhere in CSV (Comma Separated Values) files can be imported into the crystal structure database.
Hyper-Linked Online Help System
A hyper-linked online help system lets you navigate through related topics by mouse clicks. The context sensitive help allows you to get help from where you are by simply pressing the F1 key.
| Item | List Price | Academic Price |
|---|---|---|
| CrystalStudio 4.0 | $798 | $598 |
| 2-user license | $1145 | $885 |
| 5-user license | $1595 | $1195 |
| 10-user license | $2495 | $1895 |