ChemDraw User's Manual - CambridgeSoft

AdministratorChoosing a TemplateTo choose a template from the Template palette:1. Hold down the mouse button over theTemplates tool .A menu listing the Template documentsappears.2. Point to a Template document name.A palette containing the available templatesappears.3. Choose a template from the palette.When you display the Template palette that was lastused, a blinking box appears around the currentlyselected template until you drag to anothertemplate.Using TemplatesWhen you draw with templates, the first bonddrawn determines the position of the template in adocument window. All remaining bonds are drawncounterclockwise. The most nearly vertical bond onthe far-left atom is drawn first, from top to bottom.If there are two equivalent bonds, the atoms that areat a lower position are used to draw the first bond.Drawing direction of template structuresTemplates are automatically scaled to the documentsettings of the current document in the activewindow. For more information, see “Autoscaling”on page 193.After a template is drawn in a document window,the structures or objects can be manipulated bystandard drawing and editing methods.Drawing a TemplateTo draw a template:• Click in a document window.The template is drawn centered around thepointer in the orientation that it appears in theTemplates palette.Fusing a Template With an ExistingStructureTo draw a template and fuse it with an existingstructure:• Click an existing bond in a document window.To deposit a template and create a spiro-linkagewith an existing structure:• Click an existing atom in a document window.To draw a template in a document window andcontrol the size and orientation:• Drag from the beginning of the first bond inthe template to the end of the first bond.When you drag upwards the bulk of thetemplate is drawn to the left, and when youdrag downwards the bulk of the template isdrawn to the right. Templates must contain atleast one bond in order to be drawn by thedragging method.Drawing with the Same TemplateTo draw another template of the same type:1. Click the Templates tool .2. Draw the template in a document window.ProCreating Templatesand Template DocumentsIn ChemDraw Pro you can create new templatesand add them to existing Template documents orcreate new Template documents.To create a new Template document:• On the File menu, point to Open Special, andthen choose New Templates.134•Advanced Drawing TechniquesCambridgeSoftDrawing With Templates