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News & Updates New Script save_settings can dump all changed settings to a file Tips & Tricks Instructions for generating 3D PDFs using PyMOL. Wiki Update Wiki has been updated. Please report any problems to the sysops. New Scripts Create objects for each molecule or chain in selection with split_object and split_chains New Script Rotkit: is a collection of usefull scripts to place your dye/molecule where you want. It includes a very handy, rotation around line, function. New Script Forster-distance-calculator: Can be used as a pymol-python shortcut to calculate the Förster distance between dyes from different companies. Useful, if the user have pymol installed, but not python. This script is meant as a tool to finding the right dyes, when labelling suitable positions for the site-directed cysteine mutants. See DisplacementMap. New Script propka: Fetches the pka values for your protein from the propka server. propka generates a pymol command file that make pka atoms, color and label them according to your protein. Inspection is made easy by grouping the pka atoms in the pymol menu. Older News See Older_News.

Did you know... Mdo mdo sets up a command to be executed upon entry into the specified frame of the movie. These commands are usually created by a PyMOL utility program (such as util.mrock). Command can actually contain several commands separated by semicolons ';' USAGE mdo frame : command PYMOL API cmd.mdo( int frame, string command ) EXAMPLE // Creates a single frame movie involving a rotation about ..→

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.