The "Cimetidine-ExtractedIntensities" can be used with Fox version 1.01 or above. To get Fox, see http://objcryst.sourceforge.net OR on CCP14: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp/web-mirrors/objcryst/ http://ccp14.sims.nrc.ca/ccp/web-mirrors/objcryst/ http://ccp14.semo.edu/ccp/web-mirrors/objcryst/ It does a Global optimisation using the extracted intensities from the powder pattern. 150 extracted intensities are used, which is enough to find the correct model. The cimetidine molecule was inputed using a ZScatterer (Z-Matrix) description by using only information from the plane molecule formula (ie bond distances, angles are given with tight limits, and only some torsion angles are completely free. Look in the .xml file to see all the limits). [NOTE on Fox v<1.1, the SingleCrystal data is not displayed in the Fox panels. But don't worry it's there in memory, Display & the ability of adding yourself a (pseudo-)SingleCrystal data object is available from Fox v1.1 and above]. First open the .xml file with Fox, then display the 3D structure to know what you are looking for. Randomize the configuration (Crystal menu:Parameters->Randomize Config.), and you can launch the Global optimization.(Global Optimization menu: Optimize->Run). The refinement is made on R, *not* Rw (works better). Generally 10 million trials should be enough for a test (it takes around 2 hours on a 1GHz PC with Fox 1.0.1). If after 10 million tests you are still above R=.25, start again. It probably means the N2-N4 branches still need to be exchanged and it has not worked. With Fox 1.0.1 the correct configuration is found around 60% of the time. Further versions of Fox (1.1 and above) should go somewhat slower but with a higher success rate. The best R you can obtain with the current configuration (no hydrogen, guessed B-factors) is actually around 16%. Any configuration below R=.20 should be good enough for refinement.