User`s guide

Creating Special Graphical Objects
ACD/ChemSketch User’s Guide 49
7.4 Drawing Vacuum Distillation Apparatus
 This section is based on the movie apparat.exe which can be downloaded from our web
site or found in the Movies folder.
Switch to the Draw mode and set 50% zoom.
1. In the Template Window
choose the Lab Kit tab from the Template List.
2. Select the round-bottom flask by clicking on it. Click on the workspace to place the selected
template. Then right-click to hide the template shadow.
3. Open the Template Window. Select the vigreux distillation column with connecting
adapter. Connect it to flask by clicking and right-click to hide the template shadow.
4. From the Template Window choose thermometer and connect it by clicking as shown. Hide
the template shadow.
5. From the Template Window choose the distillation column and place it on the workspace
near the apparatus by clicking. Right-click to hide the template shadow and switch to the
Select/Move/Re-size tool
.
6. Click on any selection handle (black squares surrounding the distillation column) to quickly
switch to the Select/Move/Rotate tool
.
7. Rotate the selected object 60° counter-clockwise by dragging any selection handle. The
informative cursor will show you the angle of rotation (if the corresponding option has been
selected in the General tab of the Preferences dialog box (Options menu)). Note, that
holding down the SHIFT key while rotating will constrain the angle of rotation to 15° and will
help you to rotate the object exactly by 60°.
8. Move the column by dragging to attach it to the apparatus.
9. From the Template Window select the vacuum adapter and attach it to apparatus.