Calculations of Patterson-function densities from structure parameters or volumetric data.Calculations of electron and nuclear densities from structure parameters.An extended bond-search algorithm to allow more sophisticated search in complex molecules,cage-like structures, etc.Visualization of isosurfaces with multiple levels.Superimposition of multiple structural models, volumetric data, and crystal faces on thesame Graphic Area.

It is contributed free of charge for non-commercial users. VESTA runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. VESTA is a successor to two 3D visualization programs, VICS and VEND, in the VENUS ( Visualization of Electron/ NUclear and Structures) software package. Export high-resolution graphic images exceeding Video card limitation.High quality smooth rendering of isosurfaces and sections.Arithmetic operations among multiple volumetric data files.Isosurface can be colored on the basis of another physical quantity.Transparent isosurfaces can be overlap with structural models.Visualize interatomic distances and bond angles that are restrained in Rietveld analysis with RIETAN-FP.The transformation matrix is also used to create superlattice and sublattice. Support lattice transformation from conventional to non-conventional lattice by using matrix.Deal with virtually unlimited number of objects such as atoms, bonds polyhedra, and polygons on isosurfaces (theoretical limit on 32bit operating system is 1,073,741,823).Support multiple windows with more than two tabs in the same process.

Support multiple tabs corresponding to files.

Deal with multiple structural models, volumetric data, and crystal morphologies in the same window.

Some of the novel features of VESTA are listed below.

VESTA is a 3D visualization program for structural models, volumetric data such as electron/nuclear densities, and crystal morphologies.

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