Animating molecules

To animate atoms moving and deforming in SAMSON, select them and add a Move atoms animation to your presentation. You can then add and control multiple keyframes that SAMSON will smoothly interpolate for you.

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Creating an assembly animation

To quickly create an animation of two or more molecules assembling, select them and double-click the Assemble button in the Animator (Ctrl / Cmd + 7). This will automatically determine the initial and final position of each molecule, and add…

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Editing side-chain conformations

To edit protein side-chain conformations in SAMSON, use the Rotamers editor extension based on Roland Dunbrack’s famed library. Select a residue, then choose the rotamer you want to use from the corresponding table. Potential clashes will be automatically detected and…

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Creating replicas of structures

To create replicas of structures using SAMSON’s Python API, call their clone() function. You can then programatically edit these structures. The example below shows how to start from a single nanotube to create a model of a nanotube “fabric” through…

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Making molecules refractive

To make molecules refractive when you use Cycles in SAMSON, increase the transmission coefficient. You can also directly use Appearance presets to quickly change multiple coefficients at the same time. Check the YouTube short at https://youtube.com/shorts/VAh9N03G8q4.

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Accessing the data graph in Python

To efficiently manipulate nodes (atoms, bonds, side chains, molecules, etc.), use node indexers returned by the SAMSON.getNodes function applied to a Node Specification Language (NSL) expression. For example, SAMSON.getNodes(‘node.type atom’) returns an indexer containing all atoms in the active document.…

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