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News & Updates
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.

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Get Symmetry get_symmetry can be used to obtain the crystal and spacegroup parameters for a molecule or map object. USAGE get_symmetry object-name-or-selection DESCRIPTION Returns a tuple containing the following 7 values: The unit cell lengths (a,b,c) The unit cell angles (alpha, beta, gamma) The space group name (e.g. "P 21 21 21") PYMOL API cmd.get_symmetry(string selection) See Also set_symmetry symmetry_copy Supercell