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News & Updates Official Release PyMOL v1.8.2 has been released on April 20, 2016. New Script dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons New Plugin LiSiCA is a new plugin for 2D and 3D ligand based virtual screening using a fast maximum clique algorithm. Official Release PyMOL v1.8.0 has been released on Nov 18, 2015. PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship Schrödinger is now accepting applications for the PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship program! Details on http://pymol.org/fellowship Official Release PyMOL, AxPyMOL, and JyMOL v1.7.6 have all been released on May 4, 2015. New Plugin PyANM is a new plugin for easier Anisotropic Network Model (ANM) building and visualising in PyMOL. New Plugin Bondpack is a collection of PyMOL plugins for easy visualization of atomic bonds. New Plugin MOLE 2.0 is a new plugin for rapid analysis of biomacromolecular channels in PyMOL. 3D using Geforce PyMOL can now be visualized in 3D using Nvidia GeForce video cards (series 400+) with 120Hz monitors and Nvidia 3D Vision, this was previously only possible with Quadro video cards. Older News See Older News.

Did you know... Make Figures = Overview = This script will aid you in making publication quality figures for the currently displayed scene. It understands a variety of preset "modes" and sizes. Usage make_figure filename [, mode] [, size (default=900 pixels)] [,opaque] The parameters are: filename : The name of the resulting image file. The extension .png is added automatically. NOTE: if no further arguments are given, the script generates quick figures for general use: figures are not ray-traced TWO figures at 300 x 300 px, 72 dpi views are rotated 180° about y (front and back view) _front_quick and _back_quick are appended to the filename mode : Type of figure desired. Possible values are as follows: single = "single view" one ray-traced 300 dpi figure of the current view fb = "front and back view" TWO ray-traced 300 dpi figures views are rotated 180° about y _front and _back are appended to the filename sides ..→

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.