9.1 Displaying and Labelling Unit Cell Axes

Unit cell axes (see Unit Cell) can be displayed in several ways:

Switch on the Show cell axes box (situated underneath the display area in the main Mercury window). By default, the axes will be labelled (see Section 6.2.6).
Hit Calculate in the top-level menu and then select Packing/Slicing... The resulting dialogue box provides tick boxes to Show cell axes and Label cell axes.
There is also a Show cell axes box in the Build Networks pane of the Contacts dialogue box (obtainable by selecting Calculate in the top-level menu and then Contacts.... in the next menu).
Alternatively, to hide a unit cell, right-click on a structure's unit cell edge, pick Show/Hide from the pull-down menu, and select hide from the resulting menu.

It is also possible to customise the display of unit cells edges and labels (see Section 6.2.6).

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