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Examples of popular free molecular visualization software packages include: | Examples of popular free molecular visualization software packages include: | ||
*[[Jmol]], an open-source java-based program available in stand-alone or applet forms. The applet is used in Proteopedia, and in the free | *[[Jmol]], an open-source java-based program available in stand-alone or applet forms. The applet is used in Proteopedia, and in the free educational software [[Molecular Workbench]]. Effective use of Jmol requires learning a command scripting language. | ||
*[[FirstGlance in Jmol]], an open-source user-interface to [[Jmol]] utilized in the ''3D View'' links in papers in the journal [http://www.nature.com/nature Nature] that report new macromolecular structures. Proteopedia's automatically seeded pages (pages titled with a [[PDB code]]) have links for further exploration of the structure in'' FirstGlance in Jmol''. | *[[FirstGlance in Jmol]], an open-source user-interface to [[Jmol]] utilized in the ''3D View'' links in papers in the journal [http://www.nature.com/nature Nature] that report new macromolecular structures. Proteopedia's automatically seeded pages (pages titled with a [[PDB code]]) have links for further exploration of the structure in'' FirstGlance in Jmol''. Although ''FirstGlance in Jmol'' by no means exploits all the power in Jmol, it does show the main structural features of a macromolecule '''without learning any command scripting language'''. [[FirstGlance in Jmol|More ...]] | ||
*[[RasMol]], an open-source stand-alone program released in 1993, and still popular. | *[[RasMol]], an open-source stand-alone program released in 1993, and still popular. | ||
*[[Chime]], a free browser plugin released in 1996, now superceded by [[Jmol]]. Not open-source. | *[[Chime]], a free browser plugin released in 1996, now superceded by [[Jmol]]. Not open-source. | ||
