Learn Chemsketch Part 2 : Different Kind of Orbitals

In previous post, we had shown you how to draw an Energy Diagram. So? How was the result? It was as easy as ABC rite! So, for next lesson, we'll educate you on how to draw different kind of orbitals starting from p orbital, d orbital dan pi orbital. Open your Chemsketch now and let start drawing.



Drawing p orbital.

*Make sure you are in the mode and click Polygon .

1. Drag horizontally to the right from the starting point of the orbital to stretch the control line.
2. Release the mouse button.
3. Move the mouse down to draw the body of the orbital.
4. Click to fix the orbital.

5. Right-click twice to finish drawing the orbital and to quickly switch to the Select/Move/Resize tool. Position the cursor over the selected orbital; and, while holding down CTRL, drag it down to make a copy of the drawn orbital.

6. Click Flip Top to Bottom to flip the lower segment of the orbital. Align the segments by moving them.
7. Point to the gray color button in the Color Palette (at the bottom of the workspace) and click with the left mouse button to change the fill color of the orbital segment.

8. Select both segments of the orbital and click Group . Now you can manipulate the segments as a single object, e.g., rotate using the Select/Move/Rotate tool .


Drawing d orbital.

*Make sure you are in the mode and click Polygon .

1. Drag horizontally to the right from the starting point of the orbital to stretch the control line.
2. Release the mouse button.
3. Move the mouse down to draw the body of the orbital.
4. Drag horizontally to the right to stretch the control lines. Note that to make the two segments of the orbital identical, make the lengths of the control lines equal.
5. Release the mouse button.
6. Right-click to finish drawing the orbital and switch to the Select/Move/Resize tool.

 7. Select the orbital and, holding down CTRL, drag to make a copy of it.
8. Click Rotate 90° to rotate the copy of the orbital.
9. Move the copy by dragging it.
10. Point to the gray color button in the Color Palette and click with the left mouse button to change the color of the orbital:

11. Select both orbitals and click Group . Now you can manipulate the orbitals as a single object, e.g., rotate using the Select/Move/Rotate tool.

Drawing a Pi-type orbital.

1. Select the Ellipse tool and drag in the workspace to draw an ellipse.
2. From the Objects menu, choose Convert to Polyline.
3. Click Edit Nodes.
4. Drag the lowest node up.

5. Right-click to switch to the Select/Move/Resize tool , then select the orbital by clicking on its contour, and then, holding down CTRL, drag to make a copy of it.

6. Click Flip Top to Bottom to flip the lower orbital.

7. Point to the gray color button in the Color Palette and click on the left mouse button to change the color of the orbital. 

 8. Select both orbitals and click Group . Now you can manipulate them as a single object.




Alhamdulillah, and we're done with the tutorial for this part 2. Again, as and advice, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Happy drawing