SAMSON Documentation Center

Use the SAMSON Documentation Center to find the right guide, tutorial, update, or support resource for your next task in SAMSON.

Start here

If you are new to SAMSON, begin with installation and a short orientation before opening longer guides.

• Install SAMSON

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  Install SAMSON, sign in, and get ready to use the platform.

• SAMSON User Guide

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  Learn core SAMSON concepts, interface tools, modeling workflows, visualization, selection, and documents.

Learn by task

Use tutorials when you want to follow a practical scientific workflow with SAMSON Extensions.

• Extensions Tutorials

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  Find task-based tutorials for docking, molecular dynamics, materials science, DNA origami, and other extension workflows.

• Documentation map

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  Choose a documentation route by goal when you are not sure which resource to open.

Stay current

Use the updates archive for SAMSON news and the release notes for version-specific changes.

• Updates

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  Read monthly SAMSON updates about platform news, tutorials, events, ecosystem changes, and documentation.

• Release notes

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  Check product and extension changes by SAMSON version.

Automate and extend SAMSON

Use these resources when you want to automate workflows, write scripts, or build SAMSON Extensions.

• Python Scripting

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  Automate SAMSON with Python and use the exposed SAMSON Python API.

• Developing SAMSON Extensions in C++

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  Start from the overview for C++ extension development.

Community and support

Use external community resources when you want videos, product examples, answers, or SAMSON Connect services.

• Forum

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  Ask questions, search answers, and share feedback with the SAMSON community.

• Blog

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  Read product news, focused tips, and workflow examples.

• YouTube

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  Watch tutorials, webinars, and feature demonstrations.

• SAMSON Connect

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  Manage your account, download SAMSON, find extensions, and access shared documents.

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• llms-full.txt - an LLM-oriented text representation of this Documentation Center, including the User Guide, but excluding the separate Python Scripting Guide and Developers Guide.
• llms.txt - an LLM-oriented map with links to Markdown files corresponding to each page of this Documentation Center, including the User Guide, but excluding the separate Python Scripting Guide and Developers Guide.