Preferences

    The Preferences dialog window is available through Edit > Preferences.

    The preferences dialog of MarvinSketch

    In this window, you can change the display settings, error highlighting, and object visibility of MarvinSketch.ű The settings are saved and used when the application is restarted. You can restore the default settings by using the Restore Defaults button at the bottom of the window. This dialog window consists of the following tabs:

    Bonds Tab

    The bond tab of the preferences dialog

    Name Description
    Show Bond in Hand When this box is checked, there is visual feedback when you select any of the bonds.
    Down Wedge Orientation Allows changing the wedge bond display convention. Down wedge points downward in MDL's convention, upward (at the chiral center) in Daylight's.
    Terminal Bond Deletion Method The terminal bond can be deleted in one of the following two ways:
    With the Terminal Atom: The terminal atom disappears with the bond.
    Without the Terminal Atom: Only the bond is deleted.
    "Any" Bond Line Style Select from the following modes for unknown bond type display: Automatic, Dashed, or Solid. The option can be separately set for MarvinSketch and MarvinView.
    "Coordinate" Bond Line Style Select the type of coordinate bonds from the following: Single Atoms, Arrow, Solid, Multicenter, Hashed, or Solid.

    Structure Tab

    The structure tab of the preferences dialog

    Name Description
    Highlight Valence Errors Highlights atoms having wrong valences with a red underline when it is checked.
    Automatic Lone Pair Calculation Calculates lone pairs automatically. Make sure View > Misc > Lone Pairs is checked to see the result.
    Automatic Plus Signs in Single Step Reactions Enables automatic reaction recognition.For more information, see Creating Reactions.
    Validate S-groups At Creation Disables the S-group types in the drop-down list which would not yield a chemically correct structure.For more information, see Substructure Groups in MarvinSketch.
    Highlight Valence Errors Highlights atoms having wrong valences with a red underline in MarvinView.
    Show Lone Pair as Line When checked, lone pairs on the canvas are shown as lines.
    Show Charge in Circle When checked, a circle is displayed around the charge.
    Carbon Labels > Always Carbon labels set to always
    Carbon Labels > Never Carbon labels set to never
    Carbon Labels > At straight angles and implicit H atoms Carbon labels set to at straight angles and implicit H atoms
    Ligand Orders > Always Always display the ligand order information for an R-group.
    Ligand Orders > Always Never Never display the ligand order information for an R-group.
    Ligand Orders > Always On R-groups with definitions Only display the ligand order information on R-groups with definitions.

    Text Tab

    The text tab of the preferences dialog By using the options available in this tab you can specify the default style of textboxes and analysis boxes.

    The following options are available:

    • Font
    • Size
    • Style
    • Color
    • Alignment

    To modify the style of a specific textbox, select the textbox and navigate to Edit > Format or use the Advanced template toolbar. This can be used only for one selected textbox at a time.

    Checkers Tab

    The checkers tab of the preferences dialog

    Name Icon Description
    Move up checker item Move up checker icon Moves checker up. The fixing process may depend on the sequence of the checkers.
    Move down checker item Move down checker icon Moves checker down. The fixing process may depend on the sequence of the checkers.
    Add checker to the list Add checker icon Adds a checker to the list.
    Remove checker from the list Remove checker icon Removes checker from the list.
    Open checker configuration from URL Open checker configuration icon Opens a checker configuration from a URL.
    Open checker configuration Import checker configuration file icon Opens your custom checker configuration from a file.
    Save checker configuration Export checker configuration file Saves your custom checker configuration to a file.
    Configure external checkers/fixers Configure external checkers icon Adds external checkers/fixers; saves or loads external checker/fixer configuration.

    Services Tab

    The Services Module provides seamless integration of third-party calculations into Marvin Sketch. You can add and configure the desired calculations in the Services tab. The set services can be used from the Services menu afterward.

    The service tab of the preferences dialog

    Name Icon Description
    Move up service Move up service icon Moves the selected service up.
    Move down service Move down service icon Moves the selected service down.
    Add service Add service icon Adds a new service to the list.
    Remove service Remove service icon Removes a service from the list.
    Open service configuration from URL Open service configuration icon Opens a previously set configuration of services from a URL.
    Import service configuration from file Import service configuration file icon Imports a previously set configuration XML file.
    Export service configuration to file Export service configuration file Export the set services to a configuration XML file.

    Save-Load Tab

    The save-load tab of the preferences dialog

    Name Description
    Startup Directory Sets the folder from which to load or to save molecules to the directory from which the command to start the application was given.
    Last Location Sets the folder from which to load or to save molecules to the last folder used for opening or saving a structure.
    Custom Working directory Sets the folder from which to load or to save molecules to a user-defined folder.If a molecule is loaded from another folder, then the location of the file will be offered for saving.
    Save/Load GUI Settings (.MRV, .PDF format) Allows storing and loading of display options like background color, font type, stereo labels, atom indices, and so on, in addition to the chemical structure itself.This option can only be used with MRV and PDF formats and it is selected by default.
    Save/Load Zoom Factor (.MRV format) Stores and loads the zooming scale of the structures.This option can only be used with the MRV format.
    Zoom to Scaffold on Load (Sketch only) Sets the zooming scale to Scaffold if the loaded file contains defined R-groups, so the R-group definitions might not be seen on the canvas without scrolling.The Zoom level drop-down list on the General Toolbar is supplemented with Scaffold and R1, R2, R3 only when there are defined R-groups.Without R-group definitions, the zooming scale for the loaded structures will not be modified, the last zooming scale will be used.When this option is switched off in the Preferences menu, MarvinSketch opens the new file with the last zoom level.
    Save BOM to New MRV and MDL Files Saves Byte Order Mark (BOM) to new files.
    Recent File Entries Defines the number of files in the Recent files list in the File menu, with values between 1 and 10.
    Image Import Service URL Specify the URL of a server on which a chemical structure recognition program runs.
    Name Import Service URL Specify the URL of a server on which a chemical name recognition program runs.

    3D Options Tab

    The 3D options tab of the preferences dialog

    Name Description
    Stick Diameter Specifies the width of bonds in stick mode in Angstroms.
    Ball Radius Specifies the size of atom spheres in ball-draw type, measured in Angstroms.
    Fog Effect Factor Sets the fading strength. No fog: All regions of the structure is displayed with the same line strength and color. Strong: The fading is at its maximum (molecule is only slightly visible at the far end).
    Fine Build Fine Clean3D builds up conformers of fragments to find low energy conformers. Leaves failed fragments intact.
    Fine with Hydrogenize The build process always adds explicit Hydrogens to the structures which are removed if not present in the original molecule.This option prevents the removal of extra Hydrogen atoms, otherwise, it gives the same results as Fine Build.
    Fast Build Fast clean, which if fails, performs a fine clean. It accepts any generated structure, and it is the default behavior of the Clean3D function.
    Build or Optimize Builds 3D structure for non-3D molecules and just optimizes the 3D molecules with the Dreiding force field.
    Gradient Optimize Optimizes with the Dreiding force field using the actual structure as starting geometry.

    Analysis Box Tab

    MarvinSketch can calculate some basic properties for your structures, which can be pasted into your drawing.

    The analysis box tab of the preferences dialog

    The calculations update upon modification except if they applied to a selection. For more information, see the Analysis Box. You can set the properties you want to be displayed and their order as well. The following properties can be calculated:

    • Name
    • Traditional name
    • Molecular weight
    • Formula
    • Formula with charge
    • Exact mass
    • Dot-disconnected formula
    • Dot-disconnected formula with charge
    • Isotope composition
    • m/z distribution

    The decimals setting applies to the exact mass value only. By default, the value of molecular weight is set to three decimal places.