I-Chemtool ixhomekeke kwi-transfig nguBrian Smith ngokushicilelwa kwe-postscript kunye nokuthumela ngaphandle iifayile kwi-PicTeX kunye neefomathi ze-EPS. Iprogram yeqabane layo, i-XFig, iyacetyiswa ekuphuculeni imveliso ye-chemtool, kunye nokudalwa kwe-2D diagrams kunye ne-schematics ngokubanzi. Zombini zibandakanyiwe nonikezelo oluninzi lweLinux, kwaye ziyafumaneka ngenani lewebhusayithi ezibandakanya www.xfig.org. Ukuba ufuna ukungenisa imizobo ye-chemtool kwiinkqubo zokusetyenzwa kwamagama ngaphandle kwe-LaTeX, uya kufuna ukongeza i-bitmap yokujonga kuqala kubo, njengokuba ingeyiyo i-StarOffice/OpenOffice okanye loo software evela e-Redmond ibonakala ikwazi ukubonisa i-postscript efakwe kwiscreen ngaphandle kwazo. Ngale njongo, usebenzisa nokuba ps2epsi, eza nayo ghostscript, okanye i-epstool, inxalenye ye gsview kuyacetyiswa. Ukusukela kwi-chemtool-1.6, olu khetho luxhaswa ngokuthe ngqo (ngokusebenzisa umsebenzi olinganayo onikezelwa ngeenguqulelo zamva nje ze-transfig).

I-Chemtool yabhalwa kuqala nguThomas Volk, ngoko wayengumfundi wekhemistri kunye nebhayoloji kwiyunivesithi yase-Ulm, eJamani. Inguqulelo yakhe, echazwe kwi inqaku kwiphephancwadi laseJamani iLinuxMagazin, ibisebenzisa i-X11 ecacileyo.

Ndiye ndabandakanyeka kuphuhliso kwakamsinya nje emva kokufunda eli nqaku, ndongeza iintlobo ezimbalwa zebhondi kunye nokunye, kwaye ngokuthe ngcembe ndathatha kuye njengoko wayeswele ixesha ngenxa yokusondela kweemviwo zakhe, kwaye mhlawumbi ngokubanzi eqhubela phambili kwezinye izinto. Qaphela ukuba andenzi ndedwa oku - uninzi lwenkqubela phambili kungenxa yegalelo lekhowudi, iinguqulelo, imizekelo okanye izimvo nje.