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News and Updates (archive)

Wiki ♦ Added some information on how PyMOL handles Nonstandard_Amino_Acids. ♦ Downtime: The PyMOLWiki underwent some downtime due to FS problems. There are also upgrades planned for this week, so we may expect a little downtime for that. We've been very fortunate to have hosting from BitGnome.Net; they've done an incredible job! ♦ Gallery -- Did you make a cool image? Pop it into the PyMOLWiki Gallery with the PyMOL command you used. Looking for a particular representation--start here (new!). Screenshot of the donated PyMOL reference card.

PyMOL ♦ PyMOL now comes with some builtin examples: look in the examples directory of your source tree. ♦ group command has been added. ♦ The truly awesome grid_mode setting has been added. ♦ Ellipsoids representation added for drawing thermal ellipsoids. Screenshot of Grid Mode in action.

Scripts & Plugins ♦ Added a simple script for finding the center or mass, or moving a selection to the origin. ♦ ImmersiveViz -- Headtracking user interface for PyMOL (watch the video)! ♦ Colorama --a PyMOL plugin which allows to color objects using adjustable scale bars ♦ ProMOL plugin added. Catalytic site prediction, other tools. Redirects to website. ♦ EMovie plugin added. Easy movies in PyMol using a GUI. ♦ DYNMAP plugin page created. Check it out! ♦ EZ-Viz Screenshot of Colorama.