Signals ChemDraw® - What's new
Signals ChemDraw streamlines chemistry communication with a hybrid suite that transforms drawings into knowledge by combining the advanced drawing capabilities of ChemDraw Desktop with modern, cloud-native ChemDraw applications in the Signals Platform.
What’s New
The latest release of ChemDraw+ introduces an expanded user menu, flexibility to create Notebooks directly from the navigation pane, and enhanced functionality allowing the upload of multiple files at once into a single Notebook. This update provides users with more resources, increased flexibility, and improved file management capabilities.
Updates with this release can be found in the following categories:
ChemDraw+
- Expanded User Menu
- Add Notebook
- Upload Multiple Files
Expanded User Menu
The user menu in ChemDraw+ has been expanded and now includes new ‘Help Resources’ & ‘Explore More’ sections. Additionally, the ‘Sign Out’ option is now accompanied by the display of the current version of the Signals Research Platform.
Add Notebook
Expanding on the capability of creating a new Notebook during Drawing creation, you can now create a Notebook from the ‘Add New’ button in the ChemDraw+ navigation pane.
Upload Multiple Files
In ChemDraw+, we’ve enhanced the upload functionality to accommodate multiple files simultaneously. You now have the convenience of selecting and uploading multiple files into a single Notebook.
As the files are uploading, a green checkmark will appear next to each successfully uploaded file. Should you wish to halt the upload while it’s in progress, you’ll have that option. Once upload is complete, selecting “Done” will transport you to the Notebook containing the newly uploaded drawings.
What’s New
We are excited to announce the release of Signals ChemDraw, a new streamlined desktop and cloud offering which will provide full access to ChemDraw desktop applications, as well as the new cloud-native ChemDraw+ and ChemDraw Collections, accessible within the Signals Research Platform.
Signals ChemDraw is built within the same platform as Signals Notebook and Signals Research Suite, so any users who are interested in adding Signals ChemDraw to their current Signals environment are able to do so seamlessly in the same environment.
Updates with this release can be found in the following categories:
Signals Home and Configuration
- ChemDraw products in Signals Home App & App switcher
- Application installation and connection to Signals
- Administration of Signals ChemDraw Licenses
- New Help Center
ChemDraw+
- Dashboard & Workflows
- Create & Upload New Drawings
- Web Editor
- Trash Drawings
HELM Monomer Curation
- Browse Monomer Libraries
- Bulk Import to Custom monomer libraries
- HELM Administration
Signals Home and Configuration
ChemDraw products in Signals Home App & App switcher
All products that are part of a Signals ChemDraw license are accessible via the Signals Home App and App Launcher. Selecting any app tile will launch the appropriate application.
Application installation and connection to Signals
Users can now download, install and activate the ChemDraw Desktop suite from the Home App by clicking the install tile under ‘Installers’ and following the instructions.
Administration of Signals ChemDraw Licenses
Administrators can easily add new users and assign Signals ChemDraw licenses in the Signals Configuration user panel and view used and total licenses available.
Administrators can add individual users or upload bulk users using a suitable templated csv file.
New Help Center
The Help Center has been expanded with content to support Signals ChemDraw.
ChemDraw+
Dashboard & Workflows
Chemdraw+ is a new cloud-native application within the Signals Research Platform that allows scientists to create, upload and curate chemical drawings all in one place. This app is launchable from the Signals Home or app switcher.
Create & Upload New Drawings
Users have a Dashboard that allows them to create a new drawing from a style sheet and access recently edited or favorited drawings.
Dedicated smart folders allow users to easily navigate and search their drawings, navigate through contents of notebooks, and access favorites. Both the Drawings & Favorites smart folders will be comprised of detailed list views containing a sortable table that includes a drawing preview.
Web Editor
Once created, the new drawing will open in a web editor window and provide a familiar ChemDraw editing experience with access to hotkeys and shortcuts. For any features not accessible in the web editor, a round trip editing workflow can be done by opening the drawing in ChemDraw desktop, making edits and saving.
Trash Drawings
Users can delete unwanted drawings from the Drawings, Favorites or Detailed Notebook list views using the ‘Move to Trash’ option from the overflow menu, or by selecting the trash icon in the web editor view.
Users can view their trashed drawings by selecting ‘Show Trashed’ option on the overflow menu in the Drawings list view. Once trashed, drawings are retained according to the System Settings in Signals Configuration.
Drawings can be restored by opening in the web editor and selecting the ‘Restore from Trash’ option in the Editor page.
HELM Monomer Curation
Browse Monomer Libraries
The HELM Monomer Curation (HMC) App is available with a Signals ChemDraw license. The app will allow users to browse available HELM monomer libraries, view monomers in detail and access Reports.
Bulk Import to Custom monomer libraries
The app will allow users to bulk upload custom monomers into configured libraries. These custom libraries will then be available for use with the HELM Editor within ChemDraw+
HELM Administration
Administrator configuration options are available to activate HELM on the Signals tenant.
System Administrators will have access by default. The app can be accessed via the Signals Home Page and via the App switcher within the Signals Research Suite.
What’s New
This version 23.0 release of ChemDraw brings a series of enhancements and integrations with the Signals Research Platform. We have also brought intelligence to paste operations, improved chemical perception and extended hydrogen bonding capabilities with this release. We have also made improvements around update capabilities of ChemDraw.
The following updates are available as part of this release:
- License/Authenticate via Signals
- Signals Integrations
- Smart Paste
- Dark Mode Style Sheet
- Atropisomer Perception
- Hydrogen Bonds in 3D Clean & 3MF
- Automatic Update
License/Authenticate via Signals
Once installed, activation of ChemDraw products is completed by individual user sign-in to Signals using their Signals account. Once sign-in is successful, ChemDraw products will be activated and ready for use. Periodically, the user will need to re-authenticate their license, however offline use will be available.
Signals Integrations
Users will be able to access licensed Signals applications from a Signals menu in ChemDraw Desktop and the general tool bar.
Users can now open drawings saved in Signals for editing in ChemDraw Desktop.
Users can now save new drawings to Signals from ChemDraw.
Smart Paste
The copy and paste behavior in ChemDraw has been improved. When pasting an object on a drawing canvas, ChemDraw will now automatically find open space to paste the object without overlapping any existing objects or structures.
Dark Mode Style Sheet
Users can now create drawings with a dark background and light foreground using the 'Dark Mode' style sheet
This style sheet can now be accessed from the File menu under Style Sheets for Windows, or Stationary for Mac.
Atropisomer Perception
The core chemical intelligence in ChemDraw has expanded from perception of only 6:6 atropisomers to perceive all possible atropoisomeric combinations.
Hydrogen Bonds in 3D Clean & 3MF
Hydrogen bonds are now taken into account in 3D clean up
Hydrogen bonds are now supported in the export of 3MF for display and printing. They will appear as alternating white and purple cylinders between the atoms where they hydrogen bond is placed.
Automatic Update
ChemDraw now supports auto-update. Upon launch, ChemDraw will check to see if a newer version is available and will offer to download and install it.
What’s New
ChemDraw Collections is a cloud native application that is designed to help chemists better organize, manage, search and share chemical structures and data.
- Create & Manage Collections
- Create Reports
- Reuse embedded structures
- Search
Create and Manage Collections
Users can create and manage collections of compounds, reactions or drawings.
Once a collection is created, users can manage changes to the collection in bulk by selecting multiple entries, editing them in a ChemDraw editor using a carrousel to move through the selections one at a time.
Users can convert SMILES, InChi or Chemical names to structures using text import, in addition to properties.
Create Reports
Users can create configured reports from collections with automatic formatting of data and export via SD file or Powerpoint document.
Reuse embedded structures
Users can quickly re-use and re-purpose chemical drawings stored on their computer using the file explorer in ChemDraw Collections. One or multiple documents can be selected to have their embedded chemical content displayed in the viewer. These drawings can be copied & pasted into a new drawing, added to a Collection or uploaded directly to Signals Research Platform for chemical indexing.
Search
Search for your chemical content stored in Signals Research Platform including drawings created in ChemDraw+ to quickly add to a Collection.
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