2026, Sébastien Merkel sebastien.merkel@univ-lille.fr
Simple application to view series of 3D-XRD data files
Meant as replacement for the features we used in Fabian, which is getting old and should be phased out
Features (all accessible from the 3D-XRD extra menu)
- plot series of EDF files with omega values
- overlay peaks from a peak search
- subtract a background (from a median image, for instance)
- Play with image orientation and the flip matrix (O-matrix) options
- Stack all images
- Save a mean image
- Save a median image
Could be updated to deal with HDF5 files. Will come at some point.
Built on top of silx, from the Data Analysis Unit, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble
TIMEleSS tools, and the strategy for processing multigrain diffraction data is fully described in an online manual at http://multigrain.texture.rocks/
TIMEleSS tools are open-source, under the terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2
Information on the ANR-DFG TIMEleSS project: http://timeless.texture.rocks/
Descriptions of TIMEleSS-tools: http://multigrain.texture.rocks/
Create and activate a virtual python environements dedicated to 3D-XRD
A virtual environment in Python is an isolated environment on your computer, where you can run and test your Python projects, without interfering with the main python installation
See instructions at https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_virtualenv.asp and many other places online
Install required libraries
pip install fabio
pip install silx
pip install numpy
Download the TIMEleSS Viewer by typing
git clone https://github.com/FABLE-3DXRD/TIMEleSS_Viewer.git
Move into the TIMEleSS_Viewer project
cd TIMEleSS_Viewer
Build the project
pip install .
To upgrade a previous install
move into the folder where you downloaded the TIMEleSS Viewer, and then
git pull
pip install --upgrade --no-deps --force-reinstall
Good luck!
Type timelessViewer in the command line
- Hold the control key and select the first EDF file you want to plot
- Hold the shift key and select the last EDF file
The GUI should come up
The GUI has all the usual silx interface
Specific 3D-XRD functions are in the 3D-XRD extra menu