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How to tilt a ring into perspective

Select the ring and choose Object › Chemistry › Tilt into perspective. Flatten to face-on, in the same menu, returns it to the flat drawing.

Steps

  1. Select a ring, for example cyclohexane.

  2. Choose Main menu › Object › Chemistry › Tilt into perspective. The ring is drawn foreshortened, as if seen from the side.

    Cyclohexane tilted into perspective.Cyclohexane tilted into perspective.

  3. To return it to a flat ring, choose Main menu › Object › Chemistry › Flatten to face-on.

For Fischer, Newman and Haworth projections, see Projections.

Atoms, bonds and ringsHow to draw chair, Newman, Haworth and Fischer projectionsPress R and pick chair, chair + H, Newman, Haworth or Fischer from the row above the toolbar, then click the canvas to place it.

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Last updated Nov 12, 2026