The Orbital Tools Palette

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Use the Orbital tools to add orbitals to your chemical structures.

You draw orbitals so that the node appears first. Depending on the orbital type, available fill patterns are:

• Background color
• Shaded
• Solid color

You can modify the fill colors with the Color menu.

Display the Info window to view the orbital's length and angle relative to the X-axis while you draw it. You can constrain the length and angle of an orbital by selecting Fixed Lengths and Fixed Angles on the Object menu.

NOTE: Orbitals are not normally part of the structure they are drawn near and are not selected when you double-click a bond, atom, or atom label with a selection tool. To group the orbitals with the structure, use the Group command from the Object menu. For more information, see "Grouping Objects".