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News & Updates Official Release [AxPyMOL, and JyMO v1.7 have all been released] today, January 14, 2014. New Plugin Bondpack is a 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. New Plugin GROMACS_Plugin is a new plugin that ties together PyMOL and GROMACS. New Software CMPyMOL is a software that interactively visualizes 2D contact maps of proteins in PyMOL. New Script cgo_arrow draws an arrow between two picked atoms. Tips & Tricks Instructions for generating movie PDFs using .mpg movies from PyMOL. Older News See Older News.

Did you know... Cartoon dumbbell width == Overview == Only relavent when fancy helices is turned on, see Cartoon_Helix_Settings set cartoon_dumbbell_width defines the width of the helix when the fancy helices setting has been engaged Syntax set cartoon_dumbbell_width, <number> #default setting is 0.1 Adjust this value or that of cartoon_dumbbell_radius to remove the bulge at the edges of a fancy helix Example cartoon_dumbbell_width 0 (can cause problems, circled in red) cartoon_dumbbell_width 0.1 cartoon_dumbbell_width 0.2 cartoon_dumbbell_width 1

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.