# Avogadro 1.95 Release

**URL:** <https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/avogadro-1-95-release/3605>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [August 16, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/avogadro-1-95-release/3605 "2021-08-16T19:14:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/ghutchis/32/456_2.png) [@ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/ghutchis)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/avogadro-1-95-release/3605/1 "2021-08-16T19:14:58Z")

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We are pleased to announce the latest release of Avogadro, including piles of bug fixes and feature enhancements.

- [Mac DMG](https://github.com/OpenChemistry/avogadrolibs/releases/download/1.95.0/Avogadro2-1.95.0-Darwin.dmg)
- [Windows 64-bit](https://github.com/OpenChemistry/avogadrolibs/releases/download/1.95.0/Avogadro2-1.95.0-win64.exe)
- [Source Code](https://github.com/OpenChemistry/avogadrolibs/releases/latest)

Thanks to many for suggestions, bug reports, and discussions.

This release includes many new features, including new protein ribbon / cartoon renderings and the new “Layer” system as part of Google Summer of Code by Marc Masó

Draft developer documentation can be found at [https://two.avogadro.cc](https://two.avogadro.cc)

If you have comments or suggestions, please join us at [https://discuss.avogadro.cc](https://discuss.avogadro.cc) and as always, help and contributions in many forms are very welcome, **particularly if you’d like to help update user documentation.**

We anticipate several more releases over fall 2021 as we finish up our 2.0 release.

## ✨ Features

- New “Layer” system, including custom rendering, locking and hiding parts of the molecule @serk12 (#709)
- Atom and residue labels @serk12 (#715)
- New protein cartoon / ribbon display @serk12 (#660 #694 #716)
- Update render options for Wireframe and Ball-and-Sticks @ghutchis (#700 #720)
- Use MMTF downloads - more efficient than PDB format @ghutchis (#699)
- Add back support for importing crystals @ghutchis (#658 #659)
- Add CJSON support for save/load residues and atom colors @ghutchis (#646)
- Refactor of Python command and input generators, including tabs @ghutchis (#667)
- New View =\> Apply Colors menu @ghutchis (#640 #723)
- Apply color schemes for residues @ghutchis (#638 #688)
- Add more selection commands, including select by residue @ghutchis (#632 #634)
- Render selected atoms in VdW and licorice modes @ghutchis (#702)
- Detect secondary structure from residues / backbones @ghutchis (#685)
- Save enabled / disabled state of scene / rendering plugins on quit @ghutchis
- Should now download and install translations for @ghutchis

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

- Fix Mac builds by turning off COORDGEN library @ghutchis (#606)
- Fix Windows installer to include all needed files @ghutchis
- Save projection type on close #682 @ghutchis
- Add a pass to fix OB plugin library paths on Mac @ghutchis (#627 #628)
- Fix odd behavior on ‘Center’ command @serk12 (#728)
- Fix several crashes with proteins @ghutchis (#724 #726 #727)
- Fix crash in CJSON reading file without labels @ghutchis (#722)
- Fix bug deleting selected atoms #650 @ghutchis (#672 #677)
- Fix “delete last atom” bug @ghutchis (#691)
- When dragging to create a new atom, use starting coords @ghutchis (#690)
- Fix #679 - incorrect PDB unit cells @ghutchis (#689)
- Fixed problems inserting SMILES without coordinates @ghutchis (#661)
- Fix for transparent widgets @ghutchis (#656)
- Fix #602 - use Molden order for f-orbitals @ghutchis (#649)
- If a chain ID is missing / invalid, skip (to read non-standard PDB) @ghutchis (#647)
- Make sure to reset colors when changing elements @ghutchis (#708)

## 🧰 Maintenance

- Make sure to install crystals directory even when it exists @ghutchis (#613)
- Replace NULL/0 with nullptr @e-kwsm (#617)
- Add support for reading partial charge models from obabel @ghutchis (#626)
- Replace obsolescent `LINK_(PRIVATE|PUBLIC)` with `(PRIVATE|PUBLIC)` @e-kwsm (#629)
- Refactor Molecules class @serk12 (#648)
- Don’t install cclib script - which was removed @ghutchis (#662 #663)

## 📚 Translations

- Fix fuzzy entry for Nihonium (not Zirconium!) @e-kwsm (#618)
- Fix all incorrect fuzzy entries #619 @e-kwsm (#643)
- Remove wrong entries which were fuzzy @e-kwsm (#644)
- Translations update from Weblate @weblate (#625)
- Add a workflow which should update the translation template continuously @ghutchis (#624)

## Credits

Thanks to many contributors, including: @12emin34, @GicoProgram, @LihanzUpenn, @NathanBnm, @San4ito, @acunm, @alexrsoares, @danialk03, @dillonschultz93, @e-kwsm, @ghutchis, @grsousajunior, @psavery, @rezaalmanda, @serk12, @tacitcoast, @weblate, Eisuke Kawashima, Jacque Fresco and phlostically

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**Author:** ![ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/ghutchis/32/456_2.png) [@ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/ghutchis)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/avogadro-1-95-release/3605/2 "2021-08-16T19:22:52Z")

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A few new images made possible in 1.95:

 ![covid-spike](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/1X/b8bd2f882da888930f7afa7ffdd415048c485795.jpeg)  
 ![1axc-cartoon](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/1X/4be5fa6d0c94a0db6c14243334b5fbbf3b29a88e.jpeg)  
 ![swnt](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/1X/1c716382c32cde54f9216d8ef6809d921d0009e0.jpeg)
