PyMol tips: hide → unselected; copy to object; extract to object; export molecule, etc.

A helpful feature in PyMol is hide → unselected First, though, save a scene to return to the whole view Then, save a new scene after You can also, on a selection go to A → “copy to object” and make a separate, independent, instance of those things You can extract to object if you want to remove it from the original object and make separate You can also export an object or a selection as a new PDB file if you want to be able to open it independently later If you change things in a new object, it won’t change the original, but if you change things in a selection it will No matter what, be sure to save save your selections, either through A → rename selection or in the command line as set_name sele, newname And, save scenes so you can return to whatever view you have And, of course, save your PyMol session often!! More on saving scenes and similar stuff: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/-Ct9OTMjG7Q More on starting with PyMol: https://bit.ly/pymolintro  YouTube: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/GpxCGQAhgi8  My friend KP (Kristen Procko) has some great tutorials on YouTube (Molecular Memory channel) I recommend you check out too:    • PyMOL 101 with Molecular Memory     Structural biology resources - guide to my favorite software, articles, books, lectures, websites   downloadable version: https://bit.ly/structure_guide ; YouTube: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/OoWpQ_2pLac   * If you need a refresher on X-ray crystallography, start here: http://bit.ly/xraycrystallography2     * and I made a page on my blog that has links to all my structural biology posts: https://bit.ly/structural_biology     * and here's a link to my YouTube structural biology playlist:    • Structural biology       * here are some key posts:   * resolution: blog: https://bit.ly/structure_resolution ; YouTube: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/Ijm-nDzLWhA   https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/1DZClUKowsY  and this intro video: YouTube: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/t5WeMkY0skU        * understanding crystal structures: https://bit.ly/crystalstructuremodels & https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/YK3VkqD2o2s    more about all sorts of things: #365DaysOfScience All (with topics listed) 👉 http://bit.ly/2OllAB0 or search blog: http://thebumblingbiochemist.com/       #scicomm #biochemistry #molecularbiology #biology #sciencelife #science #realtimechem