I imported a .cif file in Materials Studio but the bonds with in the atoms are not visible. What can I do to get the bonds between nearest neighbors to have an idea of the complete structure?
I'd suggest downloading the free Mercury visualization package (http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Solutions/CSDSystem/Pages/Mercury.aspx) from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, which would be perfect for this task.
Dear Naiwrit, there are a lot of tricks regarding .cif files reading and visualizing... As I already responded to other question of yours, Materials Studio is just a colection of codes, each of them with clear limitations. Most DFT computing codes needs, as geometry input, standard group symmetry positions... Some .cif files are non standard. Moreover, a "bond" is just a schematic representation of some interactions - most dedicated codes won't picture them untill you decide on length limitations. For that kind of problems, Vesta code (freeware) is my love... Makes standardization (creates standard .cif file) and visualiation. And much more.
Dear Naiwrit,
With the cif file in active window, you can try Tool bar --> Build--> Bonds
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