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News & Updates
Poll	New protein/nucleic selection keywords for PyMOL - Tell us what you think!
Official Release	PyMOL v2.0 has been released on September 20, 2017.
Plugin Update	MOLE 2.5 is an updated version of channel analysis software in PyMOL
Official Release	PyMOL v1.8.6 has been released on March 9, 2017.
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.
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Cartoon smooth loops ==Overview== This is a display setting. When set to off, the cartoon will follow a path that is splined between each alpha carbons. This sometimes yields representations that are pretty frizzy. Turning this setting on will make the cartoon follow a smoother (but less conservative) path so that the representation is easier on the eyes. Use with caution, since false conclusions can be drawn by solely examining a smoothed cartoon trace. It is always best (for non-representation purposes) to also have a line trace so that the backbone is precisely located. set cartoon_smooth_loops,0 : the cartoon passes through each alpha-carbon set cartoon_smooth_loops,1 : the cartoon is straighter but less conservative NOTE: If changing the setting that is set by a preset command (like "Publication"), ie. set cartoon_smooth_loops,0 does not seem to have any effect, then you may need to unset the property on your object, ie <source lang="python">unset ..→

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