PyMOL (www.pymol.org) is a powerful and comprehensive molecular visualization product for rendering and animating 3D molecular structures. Pymol is a user-sponsored molecular visualization system on an open-source foundation.

Version

The Pymol version is displayed on the screen when Pymol is started.

How to Use

This application requires an X-Windows connection.

Type 'pymol' at the prompt. Input is menu-driven.

Pymol uses multithreading to render raytraced images. It is set to use 8 threads on Helix. This value should not be changed.

Documentation

A long list of Pymol online tutorials, scripts, and examples is at the Pymol support page.