ChemDoodle Web Components 4.7.0 has been released. Many companies are now switching from their Java applet and Flash applications to the ChemDoodle Web Components. Learn more today! Executive Summary This significant update improves performance and graphics for both 2D and 3D components. PDB file reading has been optimized on the Javascript side, and you can [...]

One of the difficult issues when working with software is that technology continuously changes. This is even more true in the mobile era. In chemical visualization, we have seen several solutions over the last few decades, and a lot of them are very good. One, in particular, is Jmol, a Java application that is popularly [...]

ChemDoodle Web Components 4.6.1 has been released. This minor update provides a number of fixes and improvements. Of significant note are a new resize function, new mobile events, a greatly improved CIF parser, that should now handle any CIF file, and the fixing of a bug that affected the rendering of very long protein ribbons. [...]

ChemDoodle Web Components 4.6.0 has been released. This update provides Lewis Dot Structure rendering in 2D components, a new MovieCanvas3D component to play molecule movies, a XYZ file reader and several other minor additions and fixes. Additions Lewis Dot Structures can now be rendered in 2D components. This is achieved by setting the Atom.numLonePair variable [...]

ChemDoodle Web Components 4.5.0 has been released. This update provides a few fixes and additions to the 2D components and several new features for the 3D components, including more coloring options for proteins, protein backbone rendering, star geometries, primitive line rendering, and the groundworks for our surfaces system, with dot and solid molecular surfaces. The [...]

ChemDoodle v4.1.1 has been released, fixing a number of issues that are listed below. Also, ChemDoodle Web Components v4.4.2 is released, with better Android support, and ChemDoodle Mobile v1.2.3 for Android has been released to support the latest updates to Android 2. Executive Summary This minor update fixes a number of issues. Fixes Fixed rare, [...]

It’s an exciting time for HTML5 technologies. The ambitious HTML5 standards are being quickly adopted and supported on all platforms. One of the most anticipated features is native 3D graphics in browsers. This is possible through a feature called WebGL. Those that have been following the development of the ChemDoodle Web Components library know that [...]

ChemDoodle Web Components 4.4.0 has been released. This significant update provides new WebGL features, CIF file interpretation, 3D graphics for nucleic acids, a handful of new iChemLabs services and general improvements. In addition to these new features, additional tutorial pages have been added, and two new demos are presented: Benzene Pong – Play Pong with [...]

ChemDoodle Web Components v4.3.1 has been released addressing several minor issues. Expect a lot of great new features in the near future. Executive Summary This minor version update fixes a few bugs. Additions A new package ChemDoodle.io.PNG, for generating png images from Canvases. Added 2D rendering support for hashed and wavy bonds. Now packaged with [...]

The Gordon Research Conference flew by quickly, mostly due to the constant excitement at all of the sessions. The week was incredibly intense and we had a great time meeting a lot of very intelligent people from within our industry and outside of it. From iChemLabs, both myself and Joe Polak were present at this [...]