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Custom pymolrc

This changes some default parameters about the stock pymol. The aim is to generate high quality shading images from a raytrace.

Install

The easy way

Copy the contents of .pymolrc into your ~/.pymolrc file.

The hard way

1. Download files (for example: git clone https://github.com/JamesABaker/pymolrc_custom.git)
2. Open a terminal
3. Navigate to pymolrc_custom in the terminal
   • For example cd ~/Downloads/pymolrc_custom
4. Run bash setup.sh and press enter

Generate the images

5. Open your pymol environment.
6. Load a molecule
   • For example: fetch 3tyz
7. With a molecule, in pymol type ray and press enter

Example output:

A cartoon example render of 3tyz with colours showing N to C position through a rainbow...

A spherical example render of 3tyz with colours showing hydrophobicity...