News & Updates
fetch_host setting
Fetch_Host has been added to allow users to download PDBs from their PDB server (pdb, pdb euro, or pdb japan) of choice.
Fetch
Fetch has been updated to also load electron density maps.
Schrodinger Buys PyMOL
Schrodinger has purchased PyMOL. Development, support and open-source fun to continue! Read about the sale .
User Movie
One of our users has posted another interesting movie , images from which were created with PyMOL.
New setting
surface_cavity_mode to change how PyMOL displays cavities.
Search fixed.
Thanks to a eagle-eyed user, our search has been fixed. Please let us know if you have any search-related problems.
New Command
Cache —stores information on structures, so we don't have to recompute them.
Warren
News about Warren DeLano's passing may be read on Warren's memorial page .
Setting
Fetch_Path —Sets the default path for the fetch command.
New Script
SelInside —Creates a custom selection of all atoms spatially inside some user-defined box.
New Script
ContactsNCONT —The script selects residues and atoms from the list of the contacts found by NCONT from CCP4 Program Suite
Fun
PCR Rap video made with PyMOL (YouTube).
PyMOLWiki
Reformatted Main Page. Some delays might occur from resizing images, but that should go away once the images are cached.
PyMOLWiki
New — Search the PyMOLWiki via GoogleSearch
PyMOL
PyMOL is known to work under Mac OS X 10+ (Snow Leopard) using the new Fink and incentive builds. See Installing PyMOL under Fink .
PyMOL
PyMOL now has a Set command for basic settings, and a Set_bond command for bond-only settings.
Did you know...
volume_color set or get the
volume colors.
Usage
volume_color name [, ramp ]
Arguments
name = str: volume object name
ramp = str, list or empty: named ramp, space delimited string or list with (x, color, alpha, ...) or (x, r, g, b, alpha, ...) values. If empty, get the current volume colors.
Examples
Setting volume colors with one line:
fetch 1a00, map, type=2fofc, async=0
volume vol, map
volume_color ..→
A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers .
