# OVITO Scripting Manual

This manual describes OVITO’s scripting interface. You can access this document from the Help menu of OVITO.

## Introduction:

- OVITO’s Python interface
- High-level overview
- File I/O
- Data pipelines
- Data model
- Manipulating data
- User-defined modifiers
- Rendering & visualization
- Advanced topics
- Code examples
- OVITO 2.9 Migration Guide

## Python Module Reference:

- `ovito`
- `ovito.data`
- `ovito.io`
- `ovito.io.ase`
- `ovito.modifiers`
- `ovito.pipeline`
- `ovito.vis`