COM
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Overview
COM is a small script that returns the value of the center of mass of your selection. It also can translate the object of that selection to the origin.
Syntax
COM (selection=PyMOLSelection), [center=boolean]
Examples
# get the COM of the polymer COM polymer # move some 'ligand' to the origin COM ligand, center=True
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