| Scripting Resources for DigitalMicrograph™ |
DiffTools |
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Function |
A suite of tools which allow calibration, enhancement, formatting, measurement and analysis of selected area electron diffraction patterns, as well as calculation of simple crystallographic data. |
Version |
Version 7.0 July 2020 |
Author |
D. R. G. Mitchell. |
Acknowledgements |
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Comments |
What's New?: Four new functions are included. This suite of tools has been described in: DiffTools: Electron diffraction software tools for DigitalMicrograph™, D. R. G. Mitchell, Microscopy Research and Technique, 71 (2008) 588-593. Contact the author (via the Contact & Bio page) for a copy, if your library does not have it. A detailed manual is provided in the downloaded zip archive along with two patterns for experimenting with. |
System Requirements |
Two versions of DiffTools are provided in the zip archive: DiffTools_v5_GMS1 - this is the previous version of DiffTools. It is compatible with GMS 1.x. This version is no longer supported. DiffTools_v7_GMS2-3 - this is the latest version and is compatible with GMS 2 and 3. It is fully supported and all new users should use this version. Existing users of v5 who are using GMS 2 or 3 are encouraged to update to this version. |
Known Issues |
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Supported |
Version 7.x of the software is supported. Earlier version are not. |
Included Files |
Plugin file containing all the script functionality, some test diffraction patterns and an instruction manual are contained in a zip archive. |
Source Code |
Supplied as a plugin file, so source code is not available. |