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01 Structure

Drop a structure hereCIF or VESTA · up to 2 MB

Example structure

02 Representation

StyleGlobal atom size 1.00Contact cutoff 1.10×

Contacts use covalent-radius distances. They are a visualization estimate of connectivity.

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03 Element colors and sizes

Adjust each element independently. Size multipliers also apply to exported figures; the global size scales all atoms.

04 Supercell

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Repeat the original unit cell. Up to 2,000 atoms per view.

Coordination polyhedra

Show polyhedra

Central atoms

Surrounding atoms

All surrounding types are used when none is selected. Neighbors include periodic images, independently of visible connections.

Distance cutoff · ÅOpacity 35%

Outline polyhedron edges

Polyhedra are hidden.

A hull needs at least four noncoplanar neighboring positions. This distance-based display does not infer chemical bonding or crystallographic symmetry.

05 Atom connections

Show connections

Connection thickness 1×Multiplier

Drawing width only. The contact cutoff and atom coordinates stay the same. Click a connection in the scene or Connections list to select it.

Select exactly two atoms in the 3D view or Atoms table.

Manual connections join the displayed positions you select. Calculated contacts use the Python service and covalent-radius distances.

Drag to rotate · scroll to zoom · right-drag to pan · click atoms to inspect

Filter atomsCoordinates

Click atoms to toggle selection; click empty space to clear it. Left-drag selects a box. Ctrl/Command + drag adds; Alt + drag removes. Drag: select / Drag: rotate changes the mouse mode. In rotate mode, Shift + drag still selects. The box includes atoms behind the foreground. Deleting a boundary image removes its stored site and equivalent images. Undo restores them.

Atom	Element	Site / image shift	x	y	z	Occupancy

Filter connections

Click connections to toggle selection; select several for deletion. Delete / Suppr removes selected connections. Clicking an atom or dragging an atom selection box switches back to atom selection. Empty space clears selection. Undo restores deleted connections. Calculated contact records are retained in the source data.

Connection	Atom positions	Distance · Å	Type

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