Daedalus documentation

Introduction

Daedalus is molecule visualization tool with a focus on a smooth user experience. It combines functionality found in PyMol, Chimera, Coot, VMD, GROMACS, and Avogadro, and operates with the focus on visualizing molecules over both time and space. Any molecule you open or build can move using molecular dynamics.

We hope that Daedalus is intuitive enough that format documentation isn't required; installing, running, opening, and viewing molecules should be easy for someone to figure out by downloading, launching, and clicking around the GUI. This documentation is a supplement that experimental process: It describes each feature. It may highlight features you didn't know existed, clarify how to use a given feature, and show assumptions and implementations used.

For advanced topics like molecular docking, it provides instructions for achieving the best results.

Use the menu on the left to navigate these documentation pages.

Tooltips

Most GUI controls (Text, buttons, input fields, etc) can be hovered over with the mouse to display a tooltip. This descriptive text describes what that item does, and hotkeys if applicable.

Feedback

If you suggestions on how to improve this software, or have a use case we don't support, please send an email, or create an issue on Github.