Welcome to SAMSON User Guide

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 Extensions, 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.
• SAMSON AI: how to use SAMSON AI, the integrated assistant.
• Interactive tutorials: tutorials that you can follow directly in SAMSON.
• Loading molecules: how to load molecules and share documents.
• 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.
• History: Undo/Redo: how to return to the previous state of your document.
• Moving objects: how to move objects, e.g. atoms, molecules.
• Inspecting: how to work with the Inspector.
• Visualizing: how to hide/show nodes (e.g. atoms, molecules), apply visual presets, add visual models, and produce publication-quality images.
• Colorizing: how to colorize nodes and apply color schemes and color palettes.
• Rendering effects: learn about the available rendering effects.
• Rendering using Cycles: learn how to create studio-quality images and animations.
• Labeling: how to add labels to nodes and modify their appearance (font, color, position, etc).
• Measuring: how to measure distances, angles, and dihedrals.
• Building molecules: how to build molecules from atoms and fragments (assets).
• Presenting and animating: how to create presentations with animation effects and export movies.
• Minimizing: how to minimize molecule in SAMSON.
• Modeling and simulation: an overview about models and simulators in SAMSON.
• Scripting: how to use the integrated Python Scripting in SAMSON.
• Cloud computations: how to use the Job manager, and view and share jobs on SAMSON Connect.
• Collaboration: how to collaborate via SAMSON and SAMSON Connect - create your profile and groups, share documents and cloud jobs.
• Extending SAMSON: what are SAMSON Extensions, how to extend your SAMSON installation by adding SAMSON Extensions, how to start developing your own SAMSON Extension.
• References: the references for some parts of the guide.
• FAQ: answers to frequently asked questions.
• Troubleshooting: solutions to possible problems.
• All versions: links to User guides for other SAMSON versions.