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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.
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Cartoon oval quality == Overview == Only relevent when oval (default) helices is turned on, see Cartoon_Helix_Settings. set cartoon_oval_quality defines the visual quality (the number of points defining the oval) of the helix. The default setting is generally optimal, increasing improves quality marginally, where as quality drops significantly if the value is decreased a lot (see the black edges below). The difference between 100 and greater values is negligible. Syntax set cartoon_oval_quality, <number> #default setting is 10 Example cartoon_oval_quality 3 cartoon_oval_quality 10 (default) cartoon_oval_quality 1000

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.

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