The full version of CrystalMaker lets you save files in either binary or text format. (The demonstration version lets you open, but not save, binary files.) You can open a CrystalMaker text or binary file in one of the following ways:
Binary files contain everything needed to rapidly display a structure on screen, including structural data, notes, rendering, selection and labelling information. Binary files come in two types: Crystal files (indicated by the blue icon) or Molecule files (orange icon). CrystalMaker Text files can be edited with a text processor, and contain basic structural information (e.g., atomic coordinates and colours), without the full range of display settings that are stored in binary files. Text files use less disc space than binary files - but take much longer to load. See the formatting reference for more information about CrystalMaker's text file format.
Importing a non-CrystalMaker Text FileCrystalMaker can import text files produced by other programs, in file formats such as ICSD, CIF, PDB, etc. To import such a text file, you can either use the File > Open command (in which case CrystalMaker will attempt to detect the file format itself), or you can use the File > Import submenu to specify which file format should be used when reading the data. |