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IMPORTANT NOTE

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DREAM.3D Version 6 is considered legacy and all development has stopped. Please consider using DREAM3D-NX which can be downloaded from https://www.dream3d.io. DREAM3D-NX offers a much better user experience with its integrated visualization among its new features.

Feature DREAM.3D v6 DREAM3D-NX v7
Integrated Visualization NO YES
Actively Developed NO YES
Actively Supported NO YES
Easy Python Bindings NO YES
Crash Protection NO YES
New features being added NO YES
Synthetic Microstructure YES NO

DREAM.3D Version 6.5.171

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DREAM.3D consists of data analysis tools (Filters) that allow for the construction of customized workflows (Pipelines) to analyze data. DREAM.3D provides a flexible and extensible data structure that eases data transport between collaborators by storing data in a non-proprietary format.

DREAM.3D makes the reconstruction of 3D data simple and straight forward. The development of additional features is ongoing and the DREAM.3D development team welcomes your feedback whether you are a first time user or seasoned user.

All source codes are publicly available through the GitHub repository and also has the official bug tracker.

DREAM.3D is completely open source and free for anyone to use whether that is in a commercial, academic or research setting. We encourage every one to give it a try and provide feedback about your experience.

Features of DREAM.3D

  • 3D Reconstruction of EBSD data from EDAX (.ang), Oxford (.ctf) and Bruker (.ctf) data files. The reconstructions can utilize an array of alignment, cleaning, segmentation algorithms and coloring algorithms.
  • Synthetic microstructures can be created using a set of automatically generated statistics or your own statistics.
  • The reconstructed volumes can be exported as industry standard STL files, ParaView files (.xdmf), Abaqus (.inp). DREAM.3D stores all data as HDF5 files by default.
  • Many algorithms are available to extract various statistics about your data
  • Over 100 filters from the image processing library ITK

Prebuilt Binaries

This version is legacy and will not be updated or supported past JAN 1 2024. If you need support for this version of DREAM.3D please consider a paid support contract with BlueQuartz Software

The current version is 6.5.171 and is available in prebuilt binaries for MacOS, Windows and Linux operating systems:

Operating System Notes
Signed MacOS - DREAM3D-6.5.171-OSX-x86_64.dmg MacOS 10.15 and greater required, including macOS 11.0. Download is a Disk Image
Unsigned MacOS - DREAM3D-6.5.171-OSX-x86_64.zip MacOS 10.15 and greater required, including macOS 11.0. Download is a Zip file
Signed MacOS - DREAM3D-6.5.171-OSX-arm64.dmg Apple M1 Arm build. Download is a DMG File
Unsigned MacOS - DREAM3D-6.5.171-OSX-arm64.zip Apple M1 Arm build. Download is a ZIP File
Windows - DREAM3D-6.5.171-Win64.zip Windows version 8,10,11
Linux - DREAM3D-6.5.171-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz Ubuntu 18.04 or Equivelant. Self contained tar archive.

Nightly Builds

The nightly builds are no longer available. Please use the officially released version above.

Python Anaconda Distribution

THIS IS NOW DEPRECATED AND NO LONGER UPDATED. Please update to the latest DREAM3D-NX release

(base) C:\Users\johnsmith> conda config --add channels conda-forge
(base) C:\Users\johnsmith> conda config --set channel_priority strict
(base) C:\Users\johnsmith> conda create -n pyD3D python=3.8
(base) C:\Users\johnsmith> conda activate pyD3D
(pyD3D) C:\Users\johnsmith> 
(pyD3D) C:\Users\johnsmith>conda install -c https://dream3d.bluequartz.net/binaries/conda dream3d-conda
(pyD3D) C:\Users\johnsmith>conda install libharu 2.0.0

Documentation

Discussion Group

If you are looking for help using DREAM.3D there is an free discussion group on Google

Citing DREAM.3D in Publications

Users wishing to cite DREAM.3D in their research publications are referred to https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/2193-9772-3-5 for the proper citations.

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