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Build with templates

Open Templates. Pick a category or search by name, then choose a structure. Hover a thumbnail to see its name.

Template categories beside the drawing. Aromatics shown as a compact grid of chemical structures.

Click the exact atom or bond in the large template preview, then its destination on the canvas.

Mode Result
Connect with a bond Joins two atoms with a new single bond
Share an atom Merges the chosen atoms
Fuse along a bond Shares an edge and both endpoints
Furan joined to a benzene ring, with its source atom selected in the template preview. Furan fused along a highlighted bond to make benzofuran. Cyclopentane sharing one atom with cyclohexane.

Drag from the destination to choose a direction. Shift/Ctrl snaps the angle; Alt/Option frees it. Click empty space to place a separate structure.

Keep placing inserts more copies. Escape ends placement. Use Browse templates, your mouse’s Back button, or Alt+Left to return to the library.

  1. Select the structure, including any captions or arrows you want.
  2. Choose Save selection as template. Give it a name and collection, then Save.
  3. In its preview, choose an attachment point and Remember anchor.
A saved Benzofuran template with attachment, Favorite, and editing controls.

Use Favorite for quick access. Custom templates also have Edit, Replace from selection, and Remove template. Undo library change restores the last library edit.

Export and Import in Templates share a .reshiki-templates collection.

Already have the fragment on the canvas? Select it and choose Move & attach… above the canvas.

Open the benzofuran example.

An existing cyclopentane fragment joined to cyclohexane with Move & attach.