View source for Open Babel 2.2.0

Open Babel 2.2.0 will be released on 2008-07-04.

==Release Notice==

This release represents a major update and should be a stable upgrade, strongly recommended for '''all''' users of Open Babel. Highlights include ...

==What's New from 2.1.1==

* New support for 3D coordinate generation using the OBBuilder class
* Significantly faster force fields (up to 200x faster).
* New force fields, including complete UFF, MMFF94, and MMFF94s implementations.
* Monte Carlo conformer search support, including the new obconformer tool.
* Unified framework for plugin classes, allowing new types...
* A new "descriptor" plugin framework for QSAR descriptors, etc.
* A new "filter" plugin framework for selecting molecules by title, molecular weight, etc.
* Facility to add new "ops", commandline options or operations on the conversion process as plugin code, including coordinate generation, etc.
* Code for integrating Open Babel and the BOOST graph library.
* Improved scripting support, including new bindings for C#.
* Space group support.
* 3D Point group symmetry perception.
* Improved support for "grids" or "cubes" of molecular data, such as from quantum mechanics programs. (See below for supported file formats.)
* Initial support for reading trajectories and animations.
* File format modules are now installed in a version-specific directory on unix, preventing problems between 2.2.x and 2.1.x (or older) plugin libraries.
* Framework to support "aliases" for group abbreviations, partially implemented for MDL formats.
* Many more bug fixes and small feature improvements.

==New File Formats==

* Import & Export: 
  MCDL, PNG(for embedded chemical data only), Reaction SMILES
* Import only:

* Export only: