>Powder v3 (used to call powder v2) can let you import ascii data easily, and save to >gsas as well as many other rietveld format. Here is the program from >canadian mirror site, the ccp14 site has a broken link. http://ccp14.sims.nrc.ca/ccp/web-mirrors/ndragoe/appchem/labs/kitazawa/drago e/html/software.html >I used the rigaku dmax/b ascii data (Axxxxxx.raw) which has 38 header lines and a > single column data. In powder 3 program, you pull down the header menu and >key in the number of header line first before you import your data. >BTW, how many different rigaku format there? PowderX by Dong Chen can import two >different rigaku format(rigaku *.dat, tsinghua rigaku *.usr), but none of them In theory, the new-original Powder/Convert by Nita Dragoe webpage should be at: http://www.chem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/appchem/labs/kitazawa/dragoe/research/soft ware/software.html (but gives an error on trying to find a file called "rollover.js"): Mirrors for the older Powder/Convert webpage are at: UK: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp/web-mirrors/ndragoe/appchem/labs/kitazawa/drago e/html/software.html http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp/web-mirrors/ndragoe/appchem/labs/kitazawa/drago e/html/powder2.zip Canada (as given above): http://ccp14.sims.nrc.ca/ccp/web-mirrors/ndragoe/appchem/labs/kitazawa/dra goe/html/software.html http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp/web-mirrors/ndragoe/appchem/labs/kitazawa/drago e/html/powder2.zip ------------ PowderX by Cheng Dong is downloadable via: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp/web-mirrors/powderx/Powder/ Tutorials: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/tutorial/powderx/index.html You will need a password from Cheng Dong to unzip the distribution file: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- There is a list of programs for converting powder data files at: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/solution/powderdataconv/index.html But Rigaku format does not seem to be commonly described? Lachlan. ----------------------- Lachlan M. D. Cranswick Geochemistry - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964-1000 USA Tel: (845) 365-8662 Fax: (845) 365-8155 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu CCP14 Xtal Software Website: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk
