Thanks everyone for the replies - and my apologies for overlooking the "molecule rubber banding" thread in the *very recent* archive! kmj On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Philip Kiser <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Kevin: > > From Dr. Emsley: > > Add this to your ~/.coot.py file: > > set_refinement_drag_elasticity(0.8) > > Philip > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Kevin Jude <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> We've noticed a new behavior in real space refinement in coot 0.8.1 >> whereby dragged atoms are more tightly restrained to their initial >> positions than in earlier versions. This seems to be described in the >> release notes by: >> >> o BUG-FIX: The amount that the other atoms ove with moving the >> picked atom has been reduced (but is configurable) >> >> The old behavior was often useful for moving out of a local minimum. How can I configure this? >> >> Best wishes >> >> Kevin Jude >> >> >> >