KiNG
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View three-dimensional vector graphics with this tool. KiNG (Kinemage, Next Generation) is an interactive system for three-dimensional vector graphics. It supports a set of graphics primitives that make it suitable for many types of graphs, plots, and other illustrations; although its rst use was to display macromolecular structures for biophysical research. KiNG builds on Mage, JavaMage, and the kinemage (kinetic image) concept to deliver a full-featured Java application with a user-friendly interface and integrated editing features. It also operates as a Java applet to promote easy access to kinemages from a web browser.
What is a kinemage?
A kinemage is a kinetic image, an interactive, three-dimensional illustration. Because kinemages contain simple geometric objects points, lines, spheres, etc. they are suited to a great variety of subjects, from simple sketches to sophisticated plots to detailed schematics of 3-D objects. Their strength is in selective presentation of information they were originally intended as an alternative to at, static illustrations in scientic journals.
In fact, kinemages were rst created as a way of visualizing macromolecular structures, particularly x-ray crystal structures of proteins. However, such a kinemage is a drawing of a molecule, albeit a 3-D drawing, and not the molecule itself. Thus, the kinemage lacks most of the information in a PDB le, and kinemage display program cannot read PDB les directly. Since their creation, kinemages have been extended to a variety of other elds, from the social sciences to ecology to education.
Requirements:
* Java
The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this calculator software.