WinGX Program Features

WinGX Program Features


  1. Utility programs to write initial model files, name.INS and PROJECT.CIF/INFO. Utility programs to operate on these files and import/export other file formats.
  2. Programs for data reduction of KappaCCD, Bruker SMART/APEX, Rigaku CCD data and a GUI for SORTAV. Support for point detector Enraf Nonius CAD4 and Siemens P4 diffractometer files
  3. Graphical representation of the reciprocal lattice and reflection profiles.
  4. Numerous absorption corrections, including analytical, gaussian quadrature, spherical-crystal, psi-scans, XABS2 and MULTISCAN (Blessings method for multiple equivalents).
  5. Structure solution by DIRDIF-08, SUPERFLIP, SHELXS86, PATSEE and SIR-92, and interfaces to SIR programs and SHELXS-2013.
  6. Structure refinement with SHELXL-2014 (externally available)
  7. Fourier maps, contouring, XHYDEX location of hydrogen atoms.
  8. Several graphics programs, including CAMERON, ORTEP-3, STRUPLO, PLUTON. Interfaces to SCHAKAL and RasMOL, and the ray-tracing programs POV-Ray and Raster3D. See examples of POV-Ray rendered pictures here.
  9. Programs for analysis of crystallographic results, including PLATON, PARST, THMA11
  10. Publication of CIF based files and tables,validation of CIF files using IUCr CIF checking algorithms & PLATON checking tools.
  11. User modifiable interfaces to other MS-DOS or MS-Windows programs.
  12. A now rather old set of introductory TUTORIALS for WinGX has been made available at the CCP14 site (thanks to the late Lachlan Cranswick). The DOOBRY test data set for these tutorials is available here.
  13. WinGX may be used across networks. All WinGX programs accept either DOS or UNIX style ASCII files.