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News & Updates
Tutorial	Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5
Official Release	PyMOL v2.2 has been released on July 24, 2018.
POSF	PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship program accepting applications for 2018-2019
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.

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Slice Screenshot of slice example #2 slice creates a slice object from a map object. USAGE slice_new name, map, [state, [source_state]] or slice name, map, [state, [source_state]] ARGUMENTS name = the name for the new slice object (string) map = the name of the map object to use for computing the slice (string) state = the state into which the object should be loaded (default=1; set state=0 to append new mesh as a new state) source_state = the state of the map from which the object should be loaded (default=0) EXAMPLES <source lang="python"> Create a map slice plane perpendicular to current view slice a_new_slice, a_map A more complicated example that shows how to create multiple slices (in this case, 3 slices perpendicular to each other), each colored with a different color ramp and different contour levels: Reset the ..→

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