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How to name every structure and rename them

Select the structures and choose Object › Chemistry › Name every structure for IUPAC names, or Rename structures… to number them to a pattern such as Compound #.

On a Mac, Ctrl is Cmd.

Name every structure

  1. Select the structures, or press Ctrl+A for all of them.

  2. Choose Main menu › Object › Chemistry › Name every structure. Each structure is named from the drawing, and Layers shows the new names.

    Layers after Name every structure: 2-acetyloxybenzoic acid and caffeine.Layers after Name every structure: 2-acetyloxybenzoic acid and caffeine.

Rename to a pattern

  1. Select the structures.

  2. Choose Main menu › Object › Chemistry › Rename structures….

  3. Type a pattern. # stands for the number, and structures are numbered left to right.

    Rename structures: 2 structures, numbered left to right, with the pattern Compound #.Rename structures: 2 structures, numbered left to right, with the pattern Compound #.

  4. Press Rename.

The name is the structure's name in Layers, captions and exports. To put names on the page as text, see the Labeler agent.

Names, properties and checksHow to get the IUPAC name of a structureSelect the structure and press Ctrl+Alt+N (Structure to name). Athanor copies its IUPAC name and shows it in a message with Insert as text, which places the name under the structure.Text and labelsHow to number compoundsChoose Edit › Number compounds. Each structure gets a bold number under it, 1, 2, 3 in reading order.AI assistant (arbastro Intelligence)How to use agentsChoose Edit › Agents, tick the agents you want (Labeler, Numberer, Tidier, Reviewer) and press Start. Their changes arrive as suggestions; nothing is final until you accept it.

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Last updated Nov 12, 2026