So, what can I do with HyperChem Raytrace?
Short answer is that you can create some stunning images like this for your poster or web site! (See below for “10 easy steps.”) HyperChem Raytrace 1.0 is a program provided with the HyperChem 5 suite of programs. It acts as a “bridge” between HyperChem and a very high-level graphics visualization application known as Persistence of Vision (POV) Ray for Windows. POV is a 3-D ray-tracing program. It takes information you supply in the form of text and simulates the way light interacts with the objects you’ve defined in order to create high-quality 3D pictures. Here’s a sample of the text input you would specify: // Comments go here…. #include “atommat.inc” #declare Texture_C = texture { pigment { color rgb <0,1,1> } finish { phong 1 } } #declare MolecularSystem = union { sphere { <1.380315,-3.384202,1.001308E-07>, 0.48 texture { Texture_C } } } // end #declare MolecularSystem #declare ViewingTransform = transform { matrix < 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0.54066 , -0.05579 , -55
