Q6

Comments on the respondents' second most used visualisation tool.

47 replies were given.

The most commonly used tools, with links to answers are:

1. gnuplot - 5 replies
2. Materials Studio - 3 replies
3. Matlab - 3 replies, but is not discussed in this section as the responses are extremely similar to those in question 5.
4. Paraview - 3 replies
5. PyMol - 3 replies, also not discussed here.
6. VMD - 3 replies, also not discussed here.

Other tools that had two responses:

1. CCPN Analysis
2. Discovery Studio
3. IMOD
4. JMOL
5. Vesta
6. Visit
7. xmgrace

Overall

A few observations can be drawn from these responses:

1. Users will prefer software that is written specifically for their domain of interest.
2. Large datasets must be handled efficiently.
3. Scripting or other ability to extend the tool is required.
4. Publication quality output is a valued bonus.