Section 24.3.3.1. Overview

The CSD is supplied with a suite of fully interactive graphical software modules which provides users with facilities to: (a) interrogate all of the 1D, 2D and 3D information fields; (b) display entries graphically in a variety of styles; (c) retrieve relevant data for search hits, including geometrical parameters derived from the stored coordinates; and (d) display the derived numerical information, e.g. as histograms, scattergrams etc., generate descriptive statistics and perform more complex numerical analyses. More recently, software has been added that permits users to transform their own in-house structural data to CSD formats for inclusion in these processes. A summary of the overall CSD software system is given in Fig. 24.3.3.1 which shows the functional relationships between the four major applications programs.

Figure 24.3.3.1| top | pdf | Summary of the software components of the Cambridge Structural Database system (CSDS).