TSL2pointGroup edit page

translate the symmetry entries of an EDAX / TSL file into a point group

EDAX files describe the symmetry of a phase twice. The "Symmetry" code is the one every EDAX format has, but it only distinguishes the 11 Laue groups - it spells out the digits of the corresponding rotation group, e.g. 43 for cubic and 62 for hexagonal. Newer files state in addition the actual point group, either as the numeric id "PointGroupID" / "PGsymID" or as a string like "Hexagonal (D6h) [6/mmm]".

The point group is used whenever it is available and consistent with the Laue group, otherwise the Laue group is returned.

Syntax

pointGroup = TSL2pointGroup(43)
pointGroup = TSL2pointGroup(62,126)
pointGroup = TSL2pointGroup(22,'Orthorhombic (D2h) [mmm]')

Input

sym TSL symmetry code, numeric or char
pointGroup EDAX point group id (>= 100) or name, optional

Output

pointGroup point group name as understood by crystalSymmetry

See also

loadEBSD_ang loadEBSD_osc loadEBSD_h5

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/TSL2pointGroup.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}
}

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