~/.drawxtlrc
Per user configuration file.
DRAWxtl541
Display crystal structures on ordinary computer hardware
Part of drawxtl(1).
Usage
drawxtl [filename]
Overview
drawxtl reads a basic description of the crystal structure, which includes unit-cell parameters, space group, atomic coordinates, thermal parameters or a Fourier map, and outputs a geometry object that contains polyhedra, planes, lone-pair cones, spheres or ellipsoids, bonds, iso-surface Fourier contours and the unit-cell boundary.
Four forms of graphics are produced:
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an OpenGL window for immediate viewing
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the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-RAY) scene language for publication-quality drawings
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the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) for dissemination across the Internet
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Postscript rendering of the OpenGL window for those who want high-quality output but do not have POV-RAY installed
Options
There are no command line options to use.
Files
A short tutorial about this file and configuring drawxtl is available online at http://home.att.net/~larry.finger/drawxtl/configure.htm.
Citation
Please cite DRAWxtl as follows:
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Larry W. Finger, Martin Kroeker, and Brian H. Toby, DRAWxtl, an open-source computer program to produce crystal-structure drawings, J. Applied Crystallography V40, pp. 188-192, 2007.
An electronic reprint is available online at http://home.att.net/~larry.finger/drawxtl/DRAWxtl_JAC.pdf.