(IUCr) CIF Software

This is an archive copy of the IUCr web site dating from 2008. For current content please visit https://www.iucr.org.

Software tools and services available

vcif, a CIF syntax checker
QUASAR, a CIF syntax checking and file manipulation tool (33560 bytes)
Hiccup Validates CIF syntax and dictionary conformance. Multi-platform, but requires Python and Tcl/Tk
CYCLOPS2, checks apparent data names in text files against their occurrence in one or more CIF dictionaries (requires CIFtbx2)

Converting Fortran Applications for Use with CIF
CIFtbx2 Version 2.6.2 (including CYCLOPS2), a Fortran toolbox and dictionary checker capable of working with DDL1 and DDL2 compliant CIFs and dictionaries. Replaces:
- CYCLOPS, a CIF dataname checker (against the original Core CIF dictionary only)
- CIFtbx, a toolbox of Fortran routines for handling CIF data
The mmCIF/DDL2 libraries produced by the Nucleic Acid Database Project at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Comprises:
- CIFLIB - a C Language application progam interface
- CIFPARSE - a library of access tools for mmCIF
- CIFOBJ - a class library of mmCIF dictionary access tools

RasMol, a visualisation program for macromolecules and small molecules for Unix, VMS, Windows and Mac platforms
Ciffilter, a utility for viewing online CIFs. Requires Xtal_GX and Tcl/Tk
ORTEP-3 for Windows (L. Farrugia, U. Glasgow)
PLATON for Windows (L. Farrugia, U. Glasgow)

cif2sx, a CIF to SHELXL93 converter.
DIFRAC, a package for translating diffractometer output from many systems to CIF.
pdb2cif Version 2.3.7, a filter for translating PDB format files to mmCIF.
cif2pdb Version 1.0.1, a filter for translating mmCIF to PDB format.

Information on using checkcif and printcif, e-mail interfaces to the IUCr CIF checking and typesetting facilities for prospective authors to Acta Crystallographica
CIFtex, the IUCr typesetting tool (compressed tar archive for Unix: 223411 bytes) [this requires QUASAR and TeX]