I-Chemtool ithembele ku-transfig ka-Brian Smith ukuze kunyatheliswe umbhalo futhi ithumele amafayela ngefomethi ye-PicTeX ne-EPS. Uhlelo oluhambisana nayo, i-XFig, lunconyelwe ukuthuthukisa ukuphuma kwe-chemtool, nokudala imidwebo ye-2D nama-schematics ngokuvamile. Kokubili kufakwe nokusatshalaliswa okuningi kweLinux, futhi kuyatholakala ngamawebhusayithi amaningi afaka www.xfig.org. Uma ufuna ukungenisa imidwebo ye-chemtool ezinhlelweni zokucubungula amagama ngaphandle kwe-LaTeX, cishe uzofuna ukungeza i-bitmap yokubuka kuqala kubo, njengoba i-StarOffice/OpenOffice ingekho noma leyo software evela kwa-Redmond ibonakala ikwazi ukubonisa okufakwe umbhalo esikrinini ngaphandle kwakho. Ngale njongo, sebenzisa noma i-ps2epsi, eza nayo ghostscript, noma i-epstool, ingxenye ye gsview Kunconywa. Kusukela ku-chemtool-1.6, le nketho isekelwa ngokuqondile (ngokusebenza okufanayo okunikezwa yizinguqulo zakamuva ze-transfig).

I-Chemtool ekuqaleni yabhalwa nguThomas Volk, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumfundi we-chemistry kanye ne-biology enyuvesi yase-Ulm, eJalimane. Inguqulo yakhe, eyachazwa ku- isihloko kumagazini waseJalimane i-LinuxMagazin, ibisebenzisa i-plain X11.

Ngahileleka ekuthuthukisweni ngemva nje kokufunda lesi sihloko, ngengeza izinhlobo ezimbalwa zebhondi nokunye, futhi kancane kancane ngathatha isikhundla sakhe njengoba ayentula isikhathi ngenxa yokusondela kwezivivinyo zakhe, futhi mhlawumbe ngokujwayelekile eqhubekela kwezinye izinto. Qaphela ukuthi lokhu angikwenzi ngedwa - okuningi kwenqubekelaphambili kungenxa yeminikelo yamakhodi, ukuhumusha, izibonelo noma imibono nje.