Visualization

VMD

Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group

VMD is a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting.

ChemDraw (Now Available at the UI WebStore)

ChemDraw is a chemical structure drawing software package designed to help both the beginning chemistry student and the expert researcher. The SCS Computer Center provides a graduate school license for ChemDraw. Our license allows us to distribute the software at no cost to graduate students, faculty, and staff of the School of Chemical Sciences of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Undergraduates may purchase the software from the UI Webstore. To install the software package on a personal computer, download it by following the instructions below.

1. Go to the UI WebStore
2. If you are faculty, staff, or a graduate student, log in to "Shop Unit Purchases", if you are an undergrad, log in to "Personal Purchases". 
3. Search for "ChemDraw" 
4. Follow the directions from the WebStore
5. You can install copies of the software on your own computers using the same serial number or activation code. 

Licensed Software: ChemDoodle

ChemDoodle has been licensed by Instructional Technology in the Department of Chemistry for use by anyone with a valid @illinois.edu email address.

ChemDoodle

ChemDoodle Homepage

• Download ChemDoodle
• Request an activation code for ChemDoodle using your @illinois.edu email address
• ChemDoodle User Guide

Mobile Apps

• Mobile Versions of ChemDoodle are available for accessing and creating molecular drawings on both iOS and Android mobile devices. 
• ChemDoodle Web Components enable export from ChemDoodle into formats that will work on most smartphones and tablets. It can be used for web-based creation of 2-D molecular drawings or 3-D modeling. 

Find other uses for ChemDoodle? Email clc@scs.illinois.edu to have them featured here.