Syntax

ebsdLine = spatialProfile(ebsd,[xStart,xEnd],[yStart yEnd])

[ebsdLine,dist] = spatialProfile(ebsd,x,y)

xy = ginput(2)
[ebsdLine,dist] = spatialProfile(ebsd,xy)

Input

`ebsd`	`EBSD`
`xStart, xEnd, yStart, yEnd`	`double`
`x, y`	`coordinates of the line segments`
`xy`	`list of spatial coordinates \|[x(:) y(:)]\|`

Output

`ebsdLine`	`EBSD restricted to the line of interest`
`dist`	`double distance along the line to the initial point`

Example

import data

mtexdata twins

ebsd = EBSDsquare (y↓→x, row↓→col)
 
 Phase  Orientations     Mineral         Color  Symmetry  Crystal reference frame
     0     46 (0.2%)  notIndexed          none                                   
     1  22833 (100%)   Magnesium  LightSkyBlue     6/mmm        X||a*, Y||b, Z||c
 
 Properties: bands, bc, bs, error, mad, oldId
 Scan unit : um
 X x Y x Z : [0 → 50] x [0 → 41] x [0 → 0]
 Normal vector: (0,0,1)
 Square grid  :137 x 167

plot data

plot(ebsd('indexed'),ebsd('indexed').orientations)

select line coordinates

x = [15.5 27]; y = [20.5 11];

draw line with some translucency

line(x,y,'color',[0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5],'linewidth',10)

restrict ebsd data to this line

[ebsdLine,dist] = spatialProfile(ebsd,x,y);

extract orientations

ori = ebsdLine.orientations;

figure
% plot misorientation angle along the profile
plot(dist,angle(ori,ori(1))./degree,'linewidth',2)
xlabel('line'), ylabel('misorientation angle')

Citing this page. This page is part of the documentation of MTEX, a free and open source MATLAB toolbox for analyzing and modeling crystallographic textures. It was written by The MTEX Developers and is published at https://mtex-toolbox.github.io/EBSDsquare.spatialProfile.html. If you use MTEX, or reuse text or figures from this page, in your research, please cite

F. Bachmann, R. Hielscher, H. Schaeben: Texture Analysis with MTEX - Free and Open Source Software Toolbox, Solid State Phenomena 160 (2010), 63-68. 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63

BibTeX

@article{bachmann2010mtex,
  author  = {F. Bachmann and R. Hielscher and H. Schaeben},
  title   = {Texture Analysis with MTEX - Free and Open Source Software Toolbox},
  journal = {Solid State Phenomena},
  volume  = {160},
  pages   = {63-68},
  year    = {2010},
  doi     = {10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63}
}

Other papers describing specific MTEX methods are listed under Publications — please cite the one that best fits your application. The MTEX source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0; the text and figures of this documentation are licensed under CC BY 4.0, which permits reuse — including by automated systems — provided The MTEX Developers and this page are credited.