How to get started with Jmol

1. Download the Jmol package from sourceforge -

sourceforge.net/projects/jmol/files/latest/download?source=files and install:

You will need to unzip the downloaded file; this will produce a folder named “Jmol-16.2.1” (future revisions will have incremented version numbers). Inside the main

“Jmol” folder, there will be a “jsmol.zip” archive that will needed to be unpacked. This will produce a folder named “jsmol”. This first “jsmol” folder will include a second

“jsmol” folder; it is this second folder that should be transferred to your web server.

2. Look at the documentation on the Jmol website -

https://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/

3. Steal webpage code (“Take my code, please!” - Henny Youngman). Many of the examples on this website

are of older vintage, using earlier versions of Jmol. This simple example and this more complicated one

use the most current version of Jmol and make extensive use of JavaScript.

4. Insert your own co-ordinate file (Jmol reads file types important in Crystallography, like .res, CIF, and PDB):

Jmol.script(myJmol, 'set defaultVDW babel; load models/MyFile.cif...'

Continue with examples of unit cells