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Official Release	PyMOL v2.5 has been released on May 10, 2021.
Python 3	New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins
POSF	New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019
Tutorial	Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5
New Plugin	PICv is a new plugin for clustering protein-protein interactions and visualization with available data from PDBe
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.

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Ray orthoscopic == Overview == This setting controls whether ray-traced images are rendered with or without perspective. Note that this can be in conflict with the setting "orthoscopic"; by default, images are rendered with the same orthoscopic setting as the viewport, unless "ray_orthoscopic" is deliberately set otherwise. Settings set ray_orthoscopic, off # render ray-traced images with perspective (2-4x SLOWER) set ray_orthoscopic, on # render ray-traced images without perspective Examples For many images, the difference is hardly visible orthoscopic on (perspective off) orthoscopic off (perspective on) Especially when straight features parallel to the z axis are shown, the effect may be large orthoscopic on (perspective off) orthoscopic off (perspective on) ..→

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