The ChemIllusion Icon Tour: Toolbar & Canvas Icons
A field guide to ChemIllusion icons—from Drawing Coach, Share, Download, and Molecule Animation to Artistic Bonds, wrapping, teaching tools, and ACS styling.
ChemIllusion combines Ketcher with ChemIllusion-owned controls on the canvas and top bar. Below are the icons from the live Generator toolbar (same artwork as Drawing Coach lessons where applicable). Every row that opens a tool links straight into that tool.
ChemIllusion toolbar & lesson icons
Most rows use files under /assets/lesson-icons/ (plus the Drawing Coach hub image) so the blog matches lesson overlays. Molecule Animation uses the same gold video + sparkles control as the live Generator left toolbar.
Drawing Coach — Learn on the right dock opens the lesson hub for guided drawing help on the canvas.
Open Generator →
Fragment Editor — Swap fragments and explore replacements from Fragments on the right dock's active-molecule row.
Open Generator →
Clean Up — Same control as Ketcher's cleanup: neatens layouts after drawing.
Open Generator →
Share — Creates a shareable canvas link (with QR) for collaborators or mobile viewers.
Open Generator →
Download — Exports canvas output (for example PNG) from Download in the right dock's Document panel (Molecules pane header).
Open Generator →
Speak Molecule — Turns spoken feedback for the structure on or off.
Open Generator →AI Molecule Animation — Opens the molecule animation tool for annotated structure and reaction animations.
Open AI Molecule Animation →Canvas & molecule tools
Left-edge toolbar icons on the Generator workspace — the same controls you click while drawing.
Graphs & Tables — Insert tables and graph your own CSV data
Open Graphs & Tables →ACS Format — Apply ACS-style formatting to structures on the canvas
Open Generator →Molecule Animation — Animate structures into shareable clips
Open Molecule Animation →Custom Clipart & Figure Agent
Custom Clipart — AI-generated scientific clipart instantly
Open Custom Clipart →Protein Structures
Protein Structures — Visualize any protein in any format
Open Protein Structures →Generate Image (camera)
Generate Image — Scene-aware AI image generation from canvas selection
Open Generate Image →Teaching tools & demos
Teaching-tool cluster and related demos — Newman, reaction coordinates, hybridization, resonance, 3D, wrap, artistic bonds, and more.
3D Renders — Ball-and-stick and wireframe 3D molecule views
Open 3D Renders →CPK Models — Space-filling CPK-colored 3D structures
Open CPK Models →3D / QM Render — Publication-quality renders from XYZ, SDF, MOL, or PDB
Open 3D / QM Render →Newman Projections — Editable conformational analysis diagrams
Open Newman Projections →Reaction Coordinate Diagrams — Energy profiles for mechanisms and steps
Open Reaction Coordinate Diagrams →Hybridization Diagrams — Classic or misconception-resistant orbital views
Open Hybridization Diagrams →Resonance Explorer — RDKit-validated resonance contributors and reactive sites
Open Resonance Explorer →Gesture Drawing — Draw structures with hand-gesture camera control
Open Gesture Drawing →Artistic Bonds
Artistic Bonds — Transform molecules into beautiful illustrations
Open Artistic Bonds →Molecule Wrapping
Molecule Wrapping — Wrap molecules around any surface
Open Molecule Wrapping →Fine-Tune Images
Fine-Tune Images — Dial in the perfect molecular structure
Open Fine-Tune Images →Explore everything live at ChemIllusion Generator.