The chemical structure tool in FX Draw implements FX ChemStruct's feature set in the FX Draw environment.
The chemical structure tool is designed as a quick way of creating chemical structure diagrams using (almost solely) the keyboard.
Video - FX ChemStruct Overview
As the chemical structure tool was originally released as a standalone product called FX ChemStruct. The rest of the documentation will refer to FX ChemStruct instead of "the chemical structure tool".
FX ChemStruct makes drawing chemical structures easy. Drawing something as simple as acetic acid is a time consuming and tedious task but with the structure tool, all you have to do is:
| • | Create an chemical structure object |
| • | Type ch3cooh |
FX ChemStruct takes this information and formats it into the structure above. You never need to indicate what goes where - you simply type the structural formula. Users of FX Chem will find FX ChemStruct very familiar - similar rules - different output.
FX ChemStruct cannot draw every chemical structure but it can draw the vast majority of chemical structures required by a secondary school chemistry teacher - quickly and easily.
FX ChemStruct can draw a wide variety of different styles of chemical structures - even drawing the structure with no bonds so the students can fill them it.
