Chemtool imadalira transfig yolembedwa ndi Brian Smith posindikiza ndi kutumiza mafayilo amtundu wa PicTeX ndi EPS. Pulogalamu ina yake, XFig, ikulimbikitsidwa kuti ipititse patsogolo kutulutsa kwa chemtool, ndikupanga zithunzi za 2D ndi schematics ambiri. Onsewa akuphatikizidwa ndi magawo ambiri a Linux, ndipo amapezeka kudzera pamasamba angapo kuphatikiza www.xfig.org. Ngati mukufuna kuitanitsa zojambula za chemtool m'mapulogalamu opangira mawu kupatula LaTeX, mungafune kuwonjezera chithunzithunzi kwa iwo, monga StarOffice/OpenOffice kapena pulogalamuyo yochokera ku Redmond ikuwoneka kuti imatha kuwonetsa zolemba zolembedwa pazenera popanda iwo. Pachifukwa ichi, kugwiritsa ntchito ps2epsi, yomwe imabwera ndi ghostscript, kapena epstool, gawo la gsview akulimbikitsidwa. Popeza chemtool-1.6, njirayi imathandizidwa mwachindunji (kudzera mu ntchito yofanana yoperekedwa ndi matembenuzidwe aposachedwa a transfig).

Chemtool poyamba inalembedwa ndi Thomas Volk, yemwe anali wophunzira wa chemistry ndi biology pa yunivesite ya Ulm, Germany. Baibulo lake, lomwe linafotokozedwa mu nkhani mu nyuzipepala yaku Germany ya LinuxMagazin, inali kugwiritsa ntchito plain X11.

Ndinayamba kuchita nawo zachitukuko nditangowerenga nkhaniyi, ndikuwonjezera mitundu ingapo yomangira ndi zina zotero, ndipo pang'onopang'ono ndinamutenga chifukwa anali kusowa nthawi chifukwa cha mayeso ake akuyandikira, ndipo mwina amasunthira kuzinthu zina. Zindikirani kuti sindikuchita izi ndekha - zambiri zapita patsogolo chifukwa cha zopereka za ma code, kumasulira, zitsanzo kapena malingaliro chabe.