Welcome, and thank you for your interest in SAMSON!
In this user guide for SAMSON, the software platform for computational nanoscience, you will learn how to use SAMSON, SAMSON Connect, and SAMSON Elements, i.e. modules for SAMSON.
Here are the main parts of this guide:
- Getting started: how to install SAMSON and start it for the first time.
- SAMSON Connect: how to use the SAMSON Connect website.
- First look: an overview of the interface.
- Loading molecules: how to load molecules.
- Moving around: how to move cameras, change view.
- Selecting: how to select atoms, residues, etc using editors, selection filters, Node Specification Language; how to save selections.
- Moving objects: how to move objects, e.g. atoms, molecules.
- Visualizing: how to hide/show nodes (e.g. atoms, molecules), apply color schemes, add visual models, and produce publication-quality images.
- Inspecting: how to work with the inspector.
- History: Undo/Redo: how to return to the previous state of your Document.
- Modeling and simulation: an overview about models and simulators in SAMSON.
- Extending SAMSON: what are SAMSON Elements, how to extend your SAMSON installation by adding SAMSON Elements, how to start developing your own SAMSON Element.
- Reference: the references for some parts of the guide.
- All versions: links to User guides for other SAMSON versions.
The SAMSON interface