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Structure

The Structure page holds the crystal models of your project: the viewer on the left, and on the right the groups that define the current structure.

Sidebar group Tab Experiment types
Structures Main pd sc cwl tof neut xray
Space group Main pd sc cwl tof neut xray
Cell Main pd sc cwl tof neut xray
Atom sites Main pd sc cwl tof neut xray
Atomic displacement Main pd sc cwl tof neut xray
Magnetic space group Main pd cwl tof neut
Propagation vectors Main pd cwl tof neut
Magnetic moments Main pd cwl tof neut
Scattering lengths Extra pd sc cwl tof neut
Magnetic form factors Extra pd cwl tof neut
Symmetry operators Extra pd sc cwl tof neut xray
Atoms in the cell Extra pd sc cwl tof neut xray
Bonds Extra pd sc cwl tof neut xray
Magnetic operators Extra pd cwl tof neut
Moments in the cell Extra pd cwl tof neut
Appearance Extra pd sc cwl tof neut xray

Structure viewer controls

Drag to rotate, use the wheel to zoom, and drag with the right mouse button to pan.

Control What it changes
Atoms Show all symmetry copies, the asymmetric unit only, or no atoms
Labels Show or hide atom names
Bonds Show or hide bonds when the structure has them
Cell Show or hide the unit-cell outline
Axes Show or hide crystallographic directions
Camera Switch parallel/perspective projection, look along a, b or c, or reset the view
Colour scheme Choose the element colours used by the view and its legend

These controls change the picture; they do not change the crystallographic model.

For a magnetic structure, the toolbar also shows or hides an arrow for each moment. Appearance sets their length and where they sit on the atom.

Select the structure whose cell and atom sites you want to inspect.

Structures

Inspect the structure view here. Its content changes with the active page and selection.

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