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Loading Previous Results
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PyMOL cannot load custom CGO objects back into sessions correctly, so any PyMOL session containing PyVOL surfaces will have issues. PyMOL log files can be used but can take a while to run on slower computers.

.. figure:: _static/load_parameters_gui.png
  :align: center

  GUI section that loads previous calculations into PyMOL for visualization with parameter mapping: Pocket Directory |rarr| `data_dir` and Display Prefix |rarr| `prefix`

The PyMOL `load_pocket` command allows previous results to be read back in from file and displayed. A display prefix and display options (previously described :ref:`output:Display Options`) can be provided to overwrite configuration file values. `load_pocket` requires the directory holding the data from a previous calculation as its first parameter. This corresponds to the `output_dir` for new calculations and by default ends in '.pyvol'. If a data file is instead provided, PyVOL instead processes the encompassing directory.

.. code-block:: python

  load_pocket <directory>