You may have encountered the following problem when using Chime - when viewing structure files in the XYZ format one is typically offered a blank screen. The reason is that the default display mode is "stick" mode. XYZ files have no connectivity information so no bonds are drawn if the lattice parameter is larger than the threshold value beyond which Chime assumes atoms cannot bond. Of course the structure appears if you change to "ball and stick" but this might not occur to the uninitiated who would assume something was wrong with the structure file. Is there a way round this problem? Richard Singer ----------------------------------------- Dr Richard Singer School of Applied Chemistry Kingston University Penrhyn Road Surrey KT1 2EE UK Tel 0181 547 2000 ext 2471 FAX 0181 547 7562 ----------------------------------------- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver@ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@ic.ac.uk)