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Official Release	PyMOL v1.8.4 has been released on October 4, 2016.
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.

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Cartoon dumbbell radius == Overview == Only relavent when fancy helices is turned on, see Cartoon_Helix_Settings set cartoon_dumbbell_radius defines the radius of the dumbbell ends when the fancy helices setting has been engaged Setting to 0.1 eliminates the dumbbell shape with other settings to defaults, whereas setting <0.1 reveals interior space of the fancy helix Syntax set cartoon_dumbbell_radius, <number> #default setting is 0.15 Adjust this value or that of cartoon_dumbbell_width to remove the bulge at the edges of a fancy helix Example cartoon_dumbbell_radius 0 cartoon_dumbbell_radius 0.1 cartoon_dumbbell_radius 0.15 (default) cartoon_dumbbell_radius 0.4

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.

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