User guide

An absolute value you choose in the units specified for your document.
Bold Width. Set the width of the line used when bold and wedge bonds are drawn. The Bold Width setting must be
greater than the Line Width setting. The end of a wedge is 1.5 times the bold width.
Line Width. Set the width of all bonds, lines, and arrowheads in the drawing.
Margin Width. Change the amount of space surrounding all atom labels that will erase portions of the bonds to which
they are attached. The margin width also determines the amount of white space surrounding the front bonds in a bond
crossing. See "Bond crossing" on page 15.
Hash Spacing. Set the spacing between the hashed lines used when wedged hashed bonds, hashed bonds, dashed
bonds, dashed arrows, or dashed curves are drawn.
Chain Angle. Set the angle (from 1 to 179 degrees) between bonds created by the Acyclic chain tool or modified by
the Clean Up Structure command. See "Chains" on page 29 and "Attachment points" on page 99.
Units. Set the units used in the Object Settings dialog box to centimeters, inches, points, or picas.
Atom and Bond Indicators. Set which indicators to display. See "Atom numbering" on page 101.
Configuring documents
1. Go to File>Document Settings.
2. Click the Drawing category and configure the settings.
3. Click OK.
Terminal carbon labels
By default, ChemBioDraw 13.0 does not display terminal carbons. To display them:
1. Go to File>Document Settings.
2. Select the Atom Labels category.
3. Select Show Labels On Terminal Carbons.See figure below:
ChemBioDraw 13.0
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