Speed Up Your Molecular Visualizations with Custom Visual Presets

Creating clear and expressive molecular visualizations can be a time-consuming task. Whether you’re working on a presentation, preparing figures for publications, or simply exploring a structure, it often involves repetitive steps: selecting atoms, applying representations, choosing color schemes, adjusting views,…

Placing a Lipid Layer Around a Protein Without Guesswork

When setting up molecular dynamics simulations of membrane proteins, one of the most repetitive and error-prone steps is placing a lipid layer or bilayer around the protein. Aligning the protein, choosing the right lipid orientation, adjusting the box dimensions, and…

Help atoms appear naturally in molecular animations

When creating animations of molecular processes, clarity and timing can make all the difference. Whether you’re showing molecular assembly, drug docking, or simply highlighting part of a structure, there’s often a need to make specific groups of atoms appear progressively…

How to Precisely Orient Molecular Fragments in SAMSON

When constructing complex molecular systems, one common challenge modelers face is positioning fragments exactly where they should go. Whether you’re combining rings, functional groups, or biomolecular motifs, ensuring correct orientation can make or break your structure. Misplaced fragments can lead…

Freezing Atoms for Targeted Minimization in SAMSON

Interactive energy minimization is one of the most common steps in preparing molecular structures for modeling, especially when repairing imported geometries or refining parts of a system. However, many molecular modelers face the challenge of needing to minimize only a…