Table of Contents

PyMOL Settings

Settings are generally grouped by prefix and sometimes by topic. If you are looking for information on a specific setting, then you may wish to browse alphabetically A to G, H to R, or S to Z. Settings can be modifed with set and unset and queried with get.

Representations

Molecules: Lines | Sticks | Ribbons | Cartoons | Labels | Spheres | Nonbonded | Ellipsoids

Surfaces & Fields: Dots | Meshes | Surfaces | Slices | Gradients | Volumes

Measurements: Dashes | Distance | Angles | Dihedrals

Other: Compiled Graphics Objects (CGO's) | Alignments

Graphics & Rendering

Camera | Lighting | Background | Colors | Ray | Scenes | States & Movies | Grid Mode | Stereo | Transparency | Rocking | Shaders | Drawing |

Chemistry & Modeling

Bonds | Hydrogen Bonds | Secondary Structure | Superposition | Sculpting | Gaussians | Coulomb Electrostatics | Stereochemistry | Small Molecule Cleanup

Input & Output

Automatic Actions | PDB Files | Maps | Images | Logging | Session Files | Other 3D Formats

Mouse, Selections, Sequences, Editing, & Roving

Mouse & Buttons | Selections | Sequence Viewer | Editing | Roving

System Configuration

Multithreading | Memory & Performance | External Processes | Internal GUI | Troubleshooting & Debugging | Synchronization | Obsolete

Per Atom and Per Bond Settings

Per Atom | Per Bond