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From: Justin Gullingsrud (justin_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 10:15:03 CST

Hi,

To create a graphics molecule, you 'load' a molecule of type 'graphics':

  molecule.load('graphics','chicken')

After executing this command, the id of the new molecule will be that of the
top molecule, which can be obtained from molecule.top().

Justin

On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:10:25AM +1100, Don Havelberg wrote:
> To use the python graphics module you first need a id. The manual says to get
> an id, to use the load command from the molecule modeule. But what if you dont
> have one yet. Seems to me a bit like the chicken and the egg. But I dont really
> understand python. Can I make an instance of a molecule?
> 

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