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News & Updates Python 3 New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins Official Release PyMOL v2.3 has been released on February 11, 2019. POSF New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019 Tutorial Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5 New Plugin ProBiS H2O is a new plugin for identification of conserved waters in protein structures. Selection keywords New polymer.protein and polymer.nucleic selection keywords. Thanks everyone who participated in the poll! Plugin Update MOLE 2.5 is an updated version of channel analysis software in PyMOL New Script dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons Older News See Older News.

Did you know... Line color = Overview = Line_color controls per atom/bond coloring in objects or selections. Line_color changed using set_bond. (Also, line_width was changed using set_bond) Syntax # set the color of the lines to colorName set line_color, colorName # set per atom/bond line colors (see examples) set_bond line_color, colorName, objSel # example fetch 1te1 as lines orient # draw all lines red set line_color, red # draw just chain A, blue set_bond line_color, marine, blue # color the lysines magnesium! set_bond line_color, magnesium, resn lys See Also Set Set_bond Lines Line_width

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.