MAX3D is an interactive graphics software for visualizing reciprocal space. It reads a series of 2D diffraction images, and synthesizes a 3D reciprocal space volume, and visualizes the volume in various graphical representations. It is developed by Jim Britten (Crystallographer) and Weiguang Guan (Research Engineer) at McMaster University.
Features:
- Easy-to-use graphical user interface and adjustable GUI
layout
- Load/reload 2D frames to synthesize volumes at various
resolutions
- Volume rendering with user-adjusted color and opacity
mapping (with and without graphics card acceleration)
- Movalbe slicing planes
- Adjustable shell display
- Display of unit cell, [hkl] coordinates and 2-theta value
- Visibility control over multiple volumes
- Snapshot in several image format (bmp, jpg, gif)
- Video recording (mpeg).
Platforms:
- Platforms: Windows (NT, 2000, XP)
- Unix/Linux
- MacOS ( will be avaiable soon)
- MAX3D GUI
- Rendering with different transparency:
- Different display styles:
(1) Volume rendering (2) Slicing
(3) Shell view
