What's new in RasTop 2.1
Dec 30, 2011
- Numerous bugs have been corrected, thanks for all of you who reported them.
- A command window similar to the one in the original RasMol program has been added.
- This feature was requested by numerous teachers and was initially developed by Christian Duque. RasTop is now localizable to multiple languages, see RasTop help. A 'scripting' toolbar has been added to improve the handling of scripts. Scripts located in the "rastop/scripts" folder are directly accessible on the new toolbar. Images can be saved as bmp files in 32-bit format.
New in RasTop 2.0.3 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Many bugs from the initial 2.0 series have been corrected. Individual preferences are now created for each user. Partial export in POVRay format is available.
New in RasTop 2.0 (Dec 30, 2011)
- Interface improvements:
- New toolbar with direct selection of atom properties and element sets; new buttons to facilitate rendering. The mouse wheel is now active. Information on pointed atoms are available in the status bar.
- Rendering improvements:
- Higher color resolution and depth queuing, Richards - Connolly surfaces, new cylinder rendering, multidirectional headlight, better cartoon and ribbon rendering, more comprehensive display mode, choice of the molecular rendering at start from a default script and preference saving.
- Multiple molecule capability:
- Fully loaded world accepting multiple molecules; saving and restoring of complete worlds with improved world scripting.
New in RasTop 1.3.1 (Dec 30, 2011)
- This was a minor update with modifications concerning mainly correction of bugs reported for the 1.3 version.
- A release for 8-bit monitors was made available (although never tested on a true 256 colors monitor).
- A few systems are missing an updated version of the mfc42.dll file which is also available, but requires separate installation.