Selects all atoms in the view screen.

Deselects all atoms in the view screen.

Opens a dialog that permits to build a new crystal starting from the present file.

This dialog is only active if the file does not contain information about the crystal structure. Once the crystal has been created, the Make Crystal item is disabled but the crystal structure information can be accessed through the Crystal Properties dialog in the Extra menu.

The Make Crystal dialog in the Edit menu and the Crystal Properties dialog in the Extra menu are actually the same but their behavior is slightly different depending from where there are called. Their description is given in the section called “Crystal Properties...” later on in this manual.

This menu opens a dialog in which atomic properties can be added to a large number of atom types. These properties include the colors used to depict atoms.

This menu opens a dialog to change settings and make user customized preferences. These settings are saved from one session to the next