An Intuitive Interface

Aesthetics is important to us. We have developed an interface that is not only intuitive, but pleasing to use.

Adaptable Controls

Adapts to your style of drawing, down to how mouse clicks place bonds.

Tabbed Doodle Sheets

Tabbed sheets allow you to manage multiple documents without sifting through multiple windows.

Document Formatting

A complete document formatting system with preset formats such as ACS Document 1996.

Abundant Preferences

Total control over the look of your structures, shapes and figures.

Error Checking

Checks for structure errors such as misspelled labels or overfilled valences.

Standard File Formats

Comprehensive support for ChemDraw's CDX and CDXML, MDL's MOLFile and SDFile, and CML.

Image Support

Save as numerous bitmap and vector images including PNG, JPEG, PDF, PS and SVG.

Save Online

Compatible with your iChemLabs account to easily save and transfer files online.

Periodic Table of Elements

A fully customizable and interactive periodic table of elements for demonstrations and printing.

Extensible Libraries

Contains abbreviation and template libraries you can add to.

Shape Objects

Many types of shapes can be added, such as arrows and brackets; most shape properties are customizable.

Widgets

ChemDoodle contains mini applications that provide very powerful functions without cluttering the window.

Statistic Tracking

Keeps track of your drawn objects and documents, so you may easily manage them.

Undo/Redo History

Records your entire action history in a list; click on an item to jump back and forth in time to that action.

System Clipboard

Advanced functions for working with the system clipboard and sharing data with other applications.

Multiplet Simulations

Quickly simulate magnetic resonance multiplets and include them in your figures with ease.

Easy Templates

Includes a widget specifically designed to make structure templates easy to manage and use.

Structure Databases

Linked with iChemLabs' chemical structure databases to provide access to common compounds.

SMILES Strings

Interprets and generates SMILES strings with an intuitive widget that also checks your input for errors.

Affine Transformations

Advanced affine transformations to easily scale, rotate, translate and flip structures and figures.

Bond Types

Currently 20 unique bond types to choose from; more will be added in future updates.

Text Areas with HTML

Text area objects can parse and correct HTML for easy incorporation of lists and tables.

Drawing Guides

Choose from several types of drawing guidelines to help you draw accurate structures.

Thorough Tutorial

An efficient and thorough tutorial, with many pictures, to quickly show you how to use our application.

Auto Update

Will check for new content and automatically update if you choose; no need to redownload or reinstall.

Tailored Java

A Java program that looks and performs identically to other operating system specific applications!