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Sorry for the misleading example for the maxima code:
you have to create a matrix from a,b,c (X: matrix(a,b,c)) and
left-multiply it with the matrix bb in order to make the coordinate
transformation.

Best,
Tim

On 11/05/2013 03:58 PM, Tim Gruene wrote:
> Dear Almudena,
> 
> if I understand either documentation correctly, you have to
> multiply the XDS orientation matrix (from XPARM.XDS) from the left
> with [  0    0   1 ] [ - 1   0   0 ] [  0   - 1  0 ]
> 
> (the z-axis in XDS becomes the x-axis in saint; the x-axis in XDS 
> becomes y-axis in saint in opposite direction; the y-axis in XDS 
> becomes the z-axis in saint in opposite direction).
> 
> This provides you with a matrix ax   ay   az bx   by   bz cx   cy
> cz i.e. row-wise the directions of a, b, and c in the saint
> coordinate system.
> 
> - From a, b, and c you can calculate V = a.(b^c) and a*=(b ^ c)/V 
> b*=(c ^ a)/V c*=(a ^ b)/V The saint matrix has these values column
> wise, i.e. a matrix a*_x   b*_x   c*_x a*_y   b*_y   c*_y a*_z
> b*_z   c*_z
> 
> 
> The maths are easily done with the program maxima, once you know
> the syntax: bb: matrix([ 0,0,1], [-1,0,0], [0,-1,0]); a: [-2.372110
> ,   1.479120,  -10.597644]; b: [-12.481461,   2.100587,
> 1.965943]; c: [ -2.525253,  17.465330,   -0.015521]; V: a.(b ~ c); 
> astar: (b ~ c)/V; # etc.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Tim
> 
> On 11/05/2013 02:29 PM, Almudena Ponce Salvatierra wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
> 
>> I would like to know how to change matrix format from the one I 
>> get out of XDS to the one that comes out of SAINTS. Or the other 
>> way around.
> 
>> My question is: is the beam along the same axis in both matrices?
>>  as well as the rotation axis and the third axis?
> 
>> How can I convert one into the other one?
> 
>> Thank you very much in advance.
> 
>> Best wishes,
> 
>> Almudena.
> 
> 
> 

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Dr Tim Gruene
Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
Tammannstr. 4
D-37077 Goettingen

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