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Segment Features (C-Axis Misalignment)

Group (Subgroup)

Reconstruction (Segmentation)

Description

This Filter segments the Features by grouping neighboring Cells that satisfy the C-axis misalignment tolerance, i.e., have misalignment angle less than the value set by the user. The C-axis misalignment refers to the angle between the <001> directions (C-axis in the hexagonal system) that is present between neighboring Cells. The process by which the Features are identified is given below and is a standard burn algorithm.

  1. Randomly select a Cell, add it to an empty list and set its Feature Id to the current Feature
  2. Compare the Cell to each of its six (6) face-sharing neighbors (i.e., calculate the c-axis misalignment with each neighbor)
  3. Add each neighbor Cell that has a C-axis misalignment below the user defined tolerance to the list created in 1. and set the Feature Id of the neighbor Cell to the current Feature
  4. Remove the current Cell from the list and move to the next Cell and repeat 2. and 3.; continue until no Cells are left in the list
  5. Increment the current Feature counter and repeat steps 1. through 4.; continue until no Cells remain unassigned in the dataset

The user has the option to Use Mask Array, which allows the user to set a boolean array for the Cells that remove Cells with a value of false from consideration in the above algorithm. This option is useful if the user has an array that either specifies the domain of the "sample" in the "image" or specifies if the orientation on the Cell is trusted/correct.

After all the Features have been identified, a Feature Attribute Matrix is created for the Features and each Feature is flagged as Active in a boolean array in the matrix.

Parameters

Name Type Description
C-Axis Misorientation Tolerance (Degrees) float Tolerance (in degrees) used to determine if neighboring Cells belong to the same Feature
Use Mask Array bool Specifies whether to use a boolean array to exclude some Cells from the Feature identification process

Required Geometry

Image

Required Objects

Kind Default Name Type Component Dimensions Description
Cell Attribute Array Quats float (4) Specifies the orientation of the Cell in quaternion representation
Cell Attribute Array Phases int32_t (1) Specifies to which Ensemble each Cell belongs
Cell Attribute Array Mask bool (1) Specifies if the Cell is to be counted in the algorithm. Only required if Use Mask Array is checked
Ensemble Attribute Array CrystalStructures uint32_t (1) Enumeration representing the crystal structure for each Ensemble

Created Objects

Kind Default Name Type Component Dimensions Description
Cell Attribute Array FeatureIds int32_t (1) Specifies to which Feature each Cell belongs.
Attribute Matrix CellFeatureData Cell Feature N/A Created Feature Attribute Matrix name
Feature Attribute Array Active bool (1) Specifies if the Feature is still in the sample (true if the Feature is in the sample and false if it is not). At the end of the Filter, all Features will be Active

Example Pipelines

Please see the description file distributed with this Plugin

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