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Don’t Just Hide Atoms — Show Them with SAMSON’s Visibility Animation

When fine-tuning a molecular animation, one detail can make or break your presentation: how and when objects appear on screen. If you’re working with molecular assemblies, chemical reactions, or binding mechanisms, timing the visibility of atoms and structures precisely can…

Working with Light Nodes in SAMSON: Visibility, Selection, and Naming Tips

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Molecular modeling platforms like SAMSON help researchers design and visualize complex molecular systems efficiently. As model complexity grows, keeping your workspace organized becomes increasingly important—especially when using light nodes to control illumination, shadows, and visual clarity in molecular scenes. One…

Avoiding Topology Errors: How to Renumber Chains and Residues for Coarse-Grained Models

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If you’ve ever tried to generate a coarse-grained molecular model of a protein with multiple replicas, chances are you’ve run into errors related to chain or residue numbering. These issues, while common, can be frustrating — especially when you’re preparing…

Fine-tune molecular animations: Insert smart pauses to control narrative flow

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When building molecular presentations in SAMSON, there’s often a need to emphasize key transitions—whether it’s a conformational change, a docking moment, or simply a reveal of structural detail. But what if the animation flows too quickly? What if your audience…

New to Molecular Modeling? Try These Built-In Interactive Tutorials in SAMSON

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If you’re beginning your journey in molecular modeling or transitioning to a new simulation platform, the learning curve can feel steep. Working with atomic structures, simulating molecular dynamics, or analyzing chemical interactions involves numerous concepts and tools. For many researchers,…

Switching Off Without Fading: How to Hide Molecular Components in Animations

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Controlling the visibility of components in molecular animations can be crucial, especially when you’re trying to focus your viewer’s attention on specific parts of a system. But what if you don’t want a fade or opacity shift — you just…

Is Your Protein Path Search Unreliable? Check This Key Step First

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When searching for protein conformational transition paths, one of the most common frustrations for molecular modelers is running simulations that are unstable, inaccurate, or—worse—fail to converge entirely. If your ART-RRT runs in SAMSON aren’t giving reliable results, the culprit might…

Stuck at a Modeling Task? Try This Hidden SAMSON Feature

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Molecular modeling often involves learning new software paradigms, interfaces, and numerous tools, which can quickly become overwhelming — especially when you’re in the middle of a research project. If you’ve ever found yourself stuck wondering how to perform a specific…

Lifting Your Molecular Scenes with the Pedestal Camera Animation

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Creating compelling molecular animations can significantly enhance presentations, teaching, or collaborative discussions. But controlling how the camera moves in 3D space can sometimes feel unintuitive, especially when you want to create subtle perspective shifts without rotating or panning too drastically.…

How to Control the Visibility of Animation Nodes with NSL

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When working with complex molecular animations in SAMSON, it’s common to accumulate multiple animation nodes that control different parts of your simulation or visual presentation. Keeping track of what should be visible — and when — can quickly become difficult,…