the reference frame a sample is expressed in, with the sample symmetry it claims

Syntax

ss = specimenFrame()

The session default frame.

ss = specimenFrame('mmm')

The session frame in that sample symmetry.

ss = specimenFrame('orthorhombic')

The same by the crystal system.

ss = specimenFrame(pC)

The session frame drawn that way.

ss = specimenFrame(otherFrame)

That frame, claiming no symmetry.

ss = specimenFrame('rolling', axesNames=('RD', 'TD', 'ND'), how2plot='y←↑x')

A fresh named frame.

ss = specimenFrame.rolling

A named session frame.

ss = specimenFrame.rolling('mmm')

In a sample symmetry.

Description

The named frames, specimenFrame.specimen (X, Y, Z), .measurement, .rolling (RD, TD, ND), .geological and .default, are the session’s instances, so that moving between specimen frames is an explicit operation; naming a frame here makes a fresh one. A point group symbol as the name is read as the group, a lookup of the session frame in that group. A specimen frame has no lattice: a point group on it is a claim about a function, the sample symmetry, never about a direction.

Input

name a point group symbol or crystal system, the sample symmetry; or the name of a fresh frame; or a plottingConvention or another specimenFrame

Keywords

keyword	default	description
`axesNames`	`('X', 'Y', 'Z')`	the names of the three axes
`how2plot`	`None`	the plottingConvention of the frame
`intern`	`True`	register the frame with the session
`basis`	`None`	vector3d, the basis vectors in canonical coordinates

Output

`ss`	specimenFrame

Used on

OrientationDefinition, OrientationFibre, OrientationSymmetry, OrientationVisualizationSections, SpecimenSymmetry, DetectionOfSampleSymmetry, EulerAngleSections, ODFImport, ODFModeling, ODFPlot, RadialODFs, PoleFigureRefinement

MATLAB’s specimenFrame.specimenFrame

source

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/specimenFrame.specimenFrame_py.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.

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