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News & Updates 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 ProBiS H2O is a new plugin for identification of conserved waters in protein structures. 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.

Did you know... Auto show classified When loading structure files, the auto_show_classified setting sets up representations based on molecule classification (depends on auto_classify_atoms). Available from the Tcl/Tk menu: Setting > Auto Show ... > ... New in PyMOL 1.8.2 Example set auto_show_classified fetch 1rx1 Values -1: for less than 500k atoms: like 1, else like 3 (default, new in PyMOL 2.0) 0: off (default in PyMOL 1.8) 1: show polymer as cartoon, organic as sticks, and inorganic as spheres 2: like 1, but apply auto_show_lines and auto_show_nonbonded in addition 3: simplified version, show polymer as ribbon, organic and inorganic as lines or nonbonded See Also show hide auto_show_lines auto_show_nonbonded auto_classify_atoms

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.