[xcrysden] about 2D data

[Tone Kokalj]

On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 17:05 +0100, Giovanni Cantele wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 06:07 +0800, lan haiping wrote:
> >   
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >>   I am wondering about 2d data displaying in xcryden.
> >> I want to examine a 3D field contour along Z direction comparing with 
> >> a 2D quantity integrated along Z direction.   Then, can i display this
> >> 2D 
> >> data with Xcrysden ? and how ?
> >>     
> 
> As you may read here
> http://www.xcrysden.org/doc/XSF.html#__toc__11
> both 3D and 2D scalar fields can be visualised using XCrysDen. In 
> addition, 2D cuts of 3D scalar fields may be obtained.
> 
> I guess that for displaying both 2D and 3D, you must generate the two 
> XSF files and then properly append let's say the 2D scalar field (from 
> BEGIN_BLOCK_DATAGRID_2D to END_BLOCK_DATAGRID_2D ) at the end the other 
> file.

This is true, but it is also true that then you cannot display both of
them simultaneously, unfortunately. Xcrysden only allows for the display
of a single field at the time (i.e. the one selected in the "Datagrid"
popup window).

Regards, Tone

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