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News & Updates Selection keywords New polymer.protein and polymer.nucleic selection keywords. Thanks everyone who participated in the poll! 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. Older News See Older News.

Did you know... Map new map_new creates a map object using one of the built-in map generation routines. This command can be used to create low-resolution surfaces of protein structures. Usage map_new name [, type [, grid [, selection [, buffer [, box [, state ]]]]]] Arguments name = string: name of the map object to create or modify type = vdw, gaussian, gaussian_max, coulomb, coulomb_neutral, coulomb_local {default: gaussian} grid = float: grid spacing {default: gaussian_resolution/3.0} selection = string: atoms about which to generate the map {default: (all)} buffer = float: cutoff {default: gaussian_resolution} state = integer: object state {default: 0} state > 0: use the indicated state state = 0: use all states independently with independent extents state = -1: use current global state state = -2: use effective object state(s) state = -3: use all states in one map state = -4: use all states independent states by with a unified extent Examples See examples for huge surfaces and ..→

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