T49-2025 - Notification regarding BIOVIA Draw 2026
We are providing this Technical Note to inform you about the release of BIOVIA Draw 2026 which includes the following enhancements and fixed defects:
Program
BIOVIA Draw
Operating System
All supported operating systems
Description
We are providing this Technical Note to inform you about the release of BIOVIA Draw 2026 which includes the following enhancements and fixed defects:
Enhancements
This release of BIOVIA Draw includes the following enhancements.
| User Story | Description |
|---|---|
| DRAW-16955 | Draw now displays block and line number for sequence residues even in structure view. |
| DRAW-17242 | Draw now supports the expanding of MULT bracket structures. |
| DRAW-17595 | Launch Pipette and access the same Centralized Library that you loaded in BIOVIA Draw, ensuring a seamless and consistent experience across both applications. |
| DRAW-18376 | Draw now offers the option to set axial stereochemistry through a right-click menu for enhanced stereochemical representations. |
| DRAW-18385 | Draw examples now supports JAVA 17. |
| DRAW-18415 | Option to add phosphates to the 5' position of RNA/DNA sequences if they are not already present. |
| DRAW-18437 | The Draw tool now includes stereochemistry labels (m, p, Abs, And, Or) to indicate stereo centers. |
| DRAW-18438 | The Draw now includes stereochemistry labels (m, p, r, s for Abs, And, Or) to indicate stereo centers. |
| DRAW-18439 | Enhanced labels are now positioned accurately based on the molecular structure. |
| DRAW-18441 | BIOVIA Draw now supports BILN (Boehringer Ingelheim Line Notation) for complex peptides and cyclic peptide systems. |
| DRAW-18454 | Added the new setting to allow users to remove User Collections in MOL files. |
| DRAW-18458 | The creation of SMILES from structures with enhanced stereo chemistry in BIOVIA Draw is now consistent with BIOVIA Direct and the Pipeline Pilot Chemistry collection. |
| DRAW-18527 | Added support for Pistoria Alliance monomer names in addition to BIOVIA six-character monomer names. |
| DRAW-18600 | Added support of "MonomerName" in HELM annotation. When converting an SCSR representation with a local template not in the global configuration file, the local template name is written into HELM as an annotation "MonomerName" to the HELM Monomer. |
Fixed Defects
This release of BIOVIA Draw includes the following fixed defects.
| Defect | Description |
|---|---|
| DRAW-18511 | A new method, IsMatch(), is added to ExactMap class of Pipeline Pilot Chemistry SDK. The function takes no argument and returns the index of the first query matched to target or returns -1 if no query matches. |
| DRAW-18504 | An issue where certain SKC files could cause the application to crash after performing multiple Undo and Redo actions is now resolved. |
| DRAW-18554 | DAT groups are now properly handled in the Sgroups. |
| DRAW-18625 | Added a new preference setting to enable/disable the launching of pipette sketcher with centralized library. |
| DRAW-18401 | Calculator Composition now shows the proper Isotope Value. |
| DRAW-18418 | Copy As Sequence/Copy As Natural Sequence text now works for sequence selections. |
| DRAW-18520 | Scroll using the mouse wheel for the zoom function works now without any issues. |
| DRAW-18566 | Data sgroups are now properly enclosed in polymer brackets. |
Resolution
BIOVIA Draw 2026 was released in November 2025 and is available for download at https://software.3ds.com under BIOVIA products:
Product line: Lab, Scientific and Content Solutions
Release: 2025
Level: BIOVIA 2026 Golden
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