ORTEX/Oscail X is a single crystal suite for MS Windows that links into Shelx. Amongst other things, it also has DIFABS absorption correction, ORTEX Structural Visualisation and Analysis software, and photorealistic generation of structure as images or for movies. It also comes with example structure datasets that can be used for student teaching.

Obtaining ORTEX/Oscail X

• ORTEX Website at: http://www.nuigalway.ie/cryst/software.htm
• [CCP14 UK Web Mirror] | [Canadian CCP14 Mirror] | [US CCP14 Mirror] | [Australian CCP14 Mirror]

• ORTEX Download on the Web: http://www.nuigalway.ie/cryst/dload1.htm
• [CCP14 UK Web Mirror] | [Canadian CCP14 Mirror] | [US CCP14 Mirror] | [Australian CCP14 Mirror]

Installing ORTEX

• Installing ORTEX/Oscail X on Win95/Win98/NT

Basic Demonstrations of ORTEX/Oscail X

• On-line ORTEX tutorials by Patrick McArdle: http://www.nuigalway.ie/cryst/oscail_tutorial/oscail_tutorials.htm
• [CCP14 UK Web Mirror] | [Canadian CCP14 Mirror] | [US CCP14 Mirror] | [Australian CCP14 Mirror]

• Including: "Solving a crystal structure" and "Examining and building up Lattice Networks" (H-bonding)

Basic Demonstrations of ORTEX/Oscail X

• Basic run through of creating a Photorealistically rendered Cell Pack image
  (using TiO2 as the example structure)

• Creating a photorealistically rendered movie at the click of a button
  (using Tetracycling Hydrochloride as the example structure)

• Creating a photorealistically rendered movie of a packed cell
  (using Tetracycling Hydrochloride as the example structure)

• User friendly finding of Voids in a crystal structure

• Converting Shelx HKL data to a pseudo-powder diffraction pattern using Powutl
  (using Cesium Titanium Silicate as the example data file)