# cambridge-structural-database

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** cambridge
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/support/csd_doc/zdocmain.html](http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/support/csd_doc/zdocmain.html)

## Software Description

The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is the the largest searchable
database of experimentally determined crystal structures and is
maintained by the the [Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center
(CCDC)](http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/) . This software is available for use
when connected to the UMN network.
## General Linux

To run this software
[interactively](https://www.msi.umn.edu/remote-access) in
a Linux environment run the command:

    module load cambridge

The complete CSD system includes the database as well as the following
graphical search, retrieval and data visualization software:

**Program (executable) - Description**
- ConQuest (cq) - 1, 2 and 3D searching of the CSD
- VISTA (vista) - Statistical analysis and graphical display
- PreQuest (prequest) - Creating Quest searchable databases, in-house
- Mercury (mercury) - Structure visualization
- Mogul (mogul) - A Knowledge Base of Molecular Geometry
- IsoStar (run\_isostar) - A Knowledge Base of Intermolecular Interactions
- Hermes (hermes) - 3-D visualizer and frontend for SuperStar
- SuperStar (superstar) - Knowledge-based analysis of intermolecular interactions