MCE 2005 is MFC version of the MCE. See Home page for more details.

Download MCE 2005 2.3.02 (8.5MB) - installation file of the last version (19.9.2011)

MCE manual with examples (14.9.2009): download or visit online here

Download example file for this version. File contains two cavities defined by x, y, z, radius, trasparency 0/1, color (defined by atom name. Use "q" for the grey color)

Download "exe" file MCE 2005 1.0.04 9.27MB

For downloading other MCE versions click here

- MCE can load atom coordinates from *.m40 file format (JANA2006)
- showing distances from nearest atoms when placing the new yellow "q" atom to the map
- atom info (label and x, y, z coords) is working
- 3D picking of GRD(JANA2006) and GSAS map format is working correctly
- GRD(JANA2006) and GSAS maps are shown for all visible cells. This can be performed by using SG Setup window

- new command line option
MCE cmd option:
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-s	OpenGL setting (StereoHW)
-i	OpenGL setting (StereoInterlaced)
-v	OpenGL setting (StereoVertical)
-lcp [level1 level2 level3]	level control primary map settings
	This argument needs 3 values
-lcs [level1 level2 level3]	level control secondary map settings
	This argument needs 3 values
-uca [0|1]	unit cell axes visibility; 1=visible, 0=hidden
-mds [0|1|2|3|4|5]	Molecule display style. 0=off, 1=line, 2=cylinder
	3=ball and line, 4=ball and cylinder, 5=scaled ball
-eld_line_style [0|1]	ELD map display style. 0=lines, 1=cylinders
-organic	Data type
-inorganic	Data type
-color [plevel1|plevel2|plevel3|slevel1|slevel2|level3|bg] [r g b]
	Color settings. This argument can be used more than once.
	each color option needs 3 values red, green and blue [0-255]
	e.g. mce.exe -color bg 0 0 0
	e.g. mce.exe -color plevel1 255 0 0 -color plevel2 0 255 0
-eld_mode [prim|sec] [0|1|2|3]	Map mode: 0=contour lines, 1=surface,
	2=contour and surface, 3=off
	e.g. mce.exe -eld_mode prim 2 -eld_mode sec 0
	note: The surface mode turns off level2 and level3
-eld_normals [prim|sec] [0|1]	Surface normals. 0=normal, 1=reverse

To load file use just file name (with full path if the file is not in the same directory)
e.g. mce.exe map1.fou map2.fou
another expample:
mce.exe -lcp 0.1 0 -0.1 -lcs 0.5 0.2 -0.3 map1.fou map2.fou
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- Drawing cavities as balls
- Deleting atoms and bonds

- New classes was created: I/O classes; Atom, molecule, UnitCell classes, etc. (the code is more synopticall)
- Add functions: "D" Delete selected molecule, Saving colors in "Color settings" window.
- Save map settings and use it for next file or files.

2.2.3: cmd line argument such as file path can contain white spaces
2.2.2: File permissions in program files directory solved

2.1.11: pov-ray export repaired.