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News & Updates Official Release PyMOL v2.4 has been released on May 20, 2020. Python 3 New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins POSF New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019 Tutorial Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5 New Plugin PICv is a new plugin for clustering protein-protein interactions and visualization with available data from PDBe 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... Ray texture == Overview == ray_texture sets what texture PyMol applies to the surface of your object during ray tracing. Options now consist of None Matte 1 Matte 2 Swirl 1 Swirl 2 Fiber Usage set ray_texture, X # where X = 0 ... 5 Examples The thumbnails are most likely too small to see the detail. Please click on each image to see a close up. Ray Texture 0 (None) Ray Texture 1 (Matte 1) Ray Texture 2 (Matte 2) Ray Texture 3 (Swirl1) Ray Texture 4 (Swirl 2) Ray Texture 5 (Fiber) See Also ray_texture_settings

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.