ChemSketch

ACD/ChemSketch is a chemical drawing software package from Advanced Chemistry Development Inc.
It is design to be used alone or integrated with other applications. ChemSketch is used to draw Chemical structures, reactions and schematic diagrams. it also can be used to design chemistry-related report and presentations. ChemSketch have two mode which is Structure and Draw.  There are also other type of ACD labs that is available. It is listed in the table below with its category.

Java Web Start 6.0	Freeware
ChemLab 2.5	Shareware
Microsoft Photodraw 2.0	Commercial
Genetic Pro 3.0	Shareware

Here, we will discuss about the Draw mode. Below is the layout of the ChemSketch for Draw mode and its toolbar.

Draw mode is mainly used to draw graphical objects. The object that we can draw using this application is;

• Energy Diagram
• Many types of orbitals.
• Apparatus
• DNA-strand
• Lipids

From Tutorial that I have done below is how we use ChemSketch to draw energy diagram.

Below is how orbitals look like when we used ChemSketch to draw it.

Below is how we draw apparatus using ChemSketch.

Next one is how DNA-strand is drawn using this application.

Lastly is the drawing of lipids in ChemSketch,

 

So, anybody who want to learn more about this application can go to this page.