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Chem3D Users Manual - CambridgeSoft

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Administrator<br />

3. Type the atom type to which you want to<br />

change the selected atoms.<br />

4. Press the Enter key.<br />

The bond orders of the bonds change to reflect<br />

the new atom types.<br />

To change several bonds at once:<br />

1. Open the ChemDraw panel and click in it to<br />

activate the ChemDraw control.<br />

2. Choose either selection tool, Lasso or<br />

Marquee.<br />

3. Click the first bond to be changed, then use<br />

Shift+Click to select the others.<br />

4. Right-click in the selected area, and choose the<br />

bond type.<br />

Pairs of atoms whose distance from each other is<br />

less than the standard bond length, plus a certain<br />

percentage, are considered proximate. The lower<br />

the percentage value, the closer the atoms have to<br />

be to the standard bond length to be considered<br />

proximate. Standard bond lengths are stored in the<br />

Bond Stretching Parameters table.<br />

To set the percentage value:<br />

1. From the File menu, choose Model Settings.<br />

The Chem 3D Model Settings dialog box<br />

appears.<br />

2. Select the Model Build tab.<br />

3. Use the Bond Proximate Addition% arrows<br />

to adjust the percentage added to the standard<br />

bond length when <strong>Chem3D</strong> assesses the<br />

proximity of atom pairs.<br />

You can adjust the value from 0 to 100%. If the<br />

value is zero, then two atoms are considered<br />

proximate only if the distance between them is<br />

no greater than the standard bond length of a<br />

bond connecting them. For example, if the<br />

value is 50, then two atoms are considered<br />

proximate if the distance between them is no<br />

greater than 50% more than the standard<br />

length of a bond connecting them.<br />

5. Click in the <strong>Chem3D</strong> window to complete the<br />

action.<br />

Creating Bonds by Bond<br />

Proximate Addition<br />

Atoms that are within a certain distance (the bond<br />

proximate distance) from one another can be<br />

automatically bonded.<br />

<strong>Chem3D</strong> determines whether two atoms are<br />

proximate based on their Cartesian coordinates and<br />

the standard bond length measurement.<br />

To create bonds between proximate atoms:<br />

1. Select the atoms that you want tested for bond<br />

proximity.<br />

2. From the Right-click menu, point to Bond(s)<br />

and choose Proximate.<br />

If they are proximate, a bond is created.<br />

Adding Fragments<br />

A model can be composed of several fragments.<br />

If you are using bond tools, begin building in a<br />

corner of the window.<br />

84 •Building and Editing Models <strong>CambridgeSoft</strong><br />

Adding Fragments

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