DREAM.3D v6 User Manual
Read Oxford Instr. Ebsd Data

Group (Subgroup)

IO (Input)

Description

This Filter will read a single .ctf file into a new Data Container with a corresponding Image Geometry, allowing the immediate use of Filters on the data instead of having to generate the intermediate .h5ebsd file. A Cell Attribute Matrix and Ensemble Attribute Matrix will also be created to hold the imported EBSD information. Currently, the user has no control over the names of the created Attribute Arrays. The user should be aware that simply reading the file then performing operations that are dependent on the proper crystallographic and sample reference frame will be undefined or simply wrong. In order to bring the crystal reference frame and sample reference frame into coincidence, rotations will need to be applied to the data.

Default HKL Transformations

If the data has come from a HKL acquisition system and the settings of the acquisition software were in the default modes, then the following reference frame transformations need to be performed:

  • Sample Reference Frame: 180o about the <010> Axis
  • Crystal Reference Frame: None

The user also may want to assign un-indexed pixels to be ignored by flagging them as "bad". The Threshold Objects Filter can be used to define this mask by thresholding on values such as Error = 0.

Radians and Degrees

2D .ctf files have their angles in degrees. Please be sure to convert the Euler angles from degrees to radians before running any other Filter.

Parameters

Name Type Description
Input File File Path The input .ctf file path

Required Geometry

Not Applicable

Required Objects

None

Created Objects

Kind Default Name Type Component Dimensions Description
Data Container ImageDataContainer N/A N/A Created Data Container name with an Image Geometry
Attribute Matrix CellData Cell N/A Created Cell Attribute Matrix name
Attribute Matrix CellEnsembleData Cell Ensemble N/A Created Cell Ensemble Attribute Matrix name
Cell Attribute Array BC float (1) Band contrast levels
Cell Attribute Array EulerAngles float (3) Three angles defining the orientation of the Cell in Bunge convention (Z-X-Z)
Cell Attribute Array BS float (1) Band saturation levels
Cell Attribute Array Bands float (1) Number of bands
Cell Attribute Array Phases int32_t (1) Specifies to which phase each Cell belongs
Cell Attribute Array MAD float (1) Mean angular deviation. Typical threshold value is < 1.8
Cell Attribute Array X Position float (1) X coordinate of Cell
Cell Attribute Array Y Position float (1) Y coordinate of Cell
Cell Attribute Array Error int32_t (1) Value = 0 is a well indexed scan point
Ensemble Attribute Array CrystalStructures uint32_t (1) Enumeration representing the crystal structure for each Ensemble
Ensemble Attribute Array LatticeConstants float (6) The 6 values that define the lattice constants for each Ensemble
Ensemble Attribute Array MaterialName String (1) Name of each Ensemble

License & Copyright

Please see the description file distributed with this Plugin

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