CrystalDraw: A Computer Model to Model Crystal Structures, Axial and Planar Channelling Directions and Crystal Alignment For Channelling Experiments

To aid the understanding of crystallographic concepts, a C# computer programme “CrystalDraw” has been written to produce models of crystal structures and their associated axial and planar channelling directions in three-dimensions and to generate their corresponding two-dimensional projections.  Visualisation of the models using bespoke specially written macros within Paraview illustrates how to orient and manipulate crystals for channelling measurements and guide interpretations of collected channelling data.