Bonds

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All bonds drawn in the source document using the values specified in the Drawing Settings dialog box can be changed to use the Drawing Settings in the destination document.

Any resized bond in the source document is scaled in the destination document. The scale factor is based on the ratio of the bond's length after resizing (source) to the Fixed Length in the Drawing Settings dialog box (source). This scaling process maintains the source document proportions in the destination document. All values in the Drawing Settings dialog box are scaled using this method.

For example, the Fixed Length is set to 1.0 cm in a source document. A benzene ring is resized in to 200%. The bond length is then 2.0 cm: a ratio of 2.0 cm:1.0 cm or a scale factor of 2. In the destination document, the Fixed Length set to 1.7 cm. When the benzene ring is pasted into the destination document, the bonds are scaled by a factor of 2 to a final bond length of 3.4 cm.