Computer Review of ChemDraw Ultra 12.0

摘要

The name ChemDraw has long been synonymous with the drawing of chemical structures, and CambridgeSoft has branched into additional tools for enhancing presentation and productivity. The current version of ChemDraw Ultra is a full-featured package for chemical communication with additional tools for bench and computational chemists in both industry and acade-mia. This package is one of twelve "Suites" and three stand-alone products that include chemical structure drawing, according to the comparison chart on the CambridgeSoft Web site. The software reviewed is packaged as a Windows/Mac DVD. Although all of the ChemDraw-based drawing features are available on both platforms, the add-on applications bundled in this Suite, i.e., ChemBio3D Pro, ChemBioFinder Std., MNova Ste/Lte, and Excel integration, are only available for Windows. Installation of ChemDraw Ultra was straightforward on both Mac OS X and Windows XP. Installation on two partitions of a single computer, along with an additional copy on a laptop or home computer, is permissible with the license.