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News & Updates 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... Roving delay == Description == roving_delay determines the time before updating the scene. Syntax # change roving_delay set roving_delay, number # number > 0 Usage If you are on a slow computer it might prove useful to set this value to e.g. 2 (seconds). This prevents the scene from getting updated before you reach your place of interest. Related settings roving_byres roving_cartoon roving_delay roving_detail roving_isomesh roving_isosurface roving_labels roving_lines roving_map1_level roving_map1_name roving_map2_level roving_map2_name roving_map3_level roving_map3_name roving_nb_spheres roving_nonbonded roving_origin roving_origin_z roving_origin_z_cushion roving_polar_contacts roving_polar_cutoff roving_ribbon roving_selection roving_spheres roving_sticks

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