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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
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	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.

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Sphere mode == Overview == The sphere_mode setting controls how PyMOL draws spheres in the OpenGL interface. It does not affect rendering, using ray. Sphere mode set to 5, which looks beautiful, requires have OpenGL Shaders Installed. Syntax set sphere_mode, VAL where VAL = [1..5] Example Sphere mode unset Sphere mode 1 Sphere mode 2 Sphere mode 3 Sphere mode 4 Sphere mode 5

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.

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