
Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D
Jmol is a free, open source viewer of molecular structures useful for students, educators and researchers in chemistry, biochemistry and other fields dealing with molecular structure.
Download Jmol
As a user, you don't need to install or even download Jmol to be able to see web pages that use JSmol. The necessary files will be retrieved at the same time the web page is being read.
Jmol Documentation
This interactive online documentation is the main reference guide for all commands that form the Jmol scripting language. In addition to an extensive description of all commands and options, it provides …
Demonstration of Jmol capabilities
Jmol can export to several 3D scene / 3D world / virtual reality / 3D printer formats, like VRML, X3D, IDTF, (U3D), Maya, OBJ or STL. Check out some sample files.
Jmol FAQ
JSmol is the HTML5 modality of Jmol, able to be embedded into web pages. All the functionality of Jmol (as a standalone application) is also present in JSmol, since both are generated from the same …
Colors - Jmol
Jmol interprets the backbone pattern of consecutive residues ("monomers") to identify continuous "polymers".
Surfaces in Jmol
There is a testing / demo page including a Jmol applet to see results. This documentation does not detail all the options, but aims to collect the different ways to render surfaces, and clarify their differences.
Pages of Jmol Project at SourceForge
The jmol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list is for specific discussion of Jmol software development issues. We assume that all subscribers to jmol-developers are also subscribers to jmol …
JSME demo - Jmol
JavaScript Molecule Editor (JSME) You may draw a structure on the left panel, using the toolbars and the mouse, or edit the existing one. Right-click for export choices. Display benzene (JME) l -cysteine …
History of Jmol development
Dan Gezelter, the originator of Jmol, chose to avoid the same problems by making Jmol open source. Although it did not completely met the goal of functionally replacing XMol, Jmol duplicated many of …